Persea americana
(Lauraceae)
alligator pear, avocado
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Persea americana
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Persea americana information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" 
Information about Persea americana is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."
Persea americana information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Persea americana--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Persea americana information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Persea americana, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Persea americana
Nomenclatural information about Persea americana is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
Persea americana information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Persea americana in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.
Persea americana images from PIER
Images of Persea americana provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Persea americana information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Persea americana--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review
and draft regional strategy (2000)
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.
Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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