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Persea americana
(Lauraceae)

alligator pear, avocado

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Species description or overview

Persea americana information from PIER
Information on Persea americana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Persea americana
Nomenclatural information about Persea americana is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Persea americana
Nomenclatural information about Persea americana is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Persea americana
Nomenclatural information about Persea americana is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Persea americana (Lauraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Persea americana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Persea americana (Lauraceae) (avocado, alligator pear)
Links to high-resolution free images of Persea americana (Lauraceae) (avocado, alligator pear) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Persea americana
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Persea americana images from PIER
Images of Persea americana provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Persea americana
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])


Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).


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