Persea americana(PEBAM)
Overview Code created in: 2002-07-22
- EPPO Code: PEBAM
- Preferred name: Persea americana
- Authority: Miller
Mexico, Central America. Cultivated for its fruits in tropical and subtropical countries. Subspp. drymifolia and nubigena are distinguished in Mexico and Guatemala. Introduced in Bangladesh, China (including Taiwan), Indochina, central Africa, USA (Florida), Mexico, Caribbean, South America (western, Colombia to Argentina), New Zealand
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Persea americana var. drymifolia | (Chamisso & Schlechtendal) Blake |
| Persea americana var. nubigena | (Lawson) Kopp |
| Persea drymifolia | Chamisso & Schlechtendal |
| Persea gratissima | Gärtner |
| Persea persea | Cockerell |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| alligator pear | English |
| avocado | English |
| avocado pear | English |
| holly ghost pear | English |
| Avocadobirnbaum | German |
| avocatier | French |
| aguacate | Spanish |
| aguacatero | Spanish |
| mantequilla de pobre | Spanish (MX) |
| palta | Spanish |
| paltero | Spanish |
| palto | Spanish |
| avocado | Italian |
| avocatoboom | Dutch |
| abacate | Portuguese (BR) |
| abacateira | Portuguese |
| abacateiro | Portuguese (BR) |
| pereira-abacate | Portuguese |
| avokado | Swedish |
| авокадо | Russian |
| аллигаторова груша | Russian |
| персея американская | Russian |
| avokatotræ | Danish |
| avokado | Norwegian |
| avokado | Finnish |
| avokado | Hebrew |
| אֲבוֹקָדוֹ | Hebrew |
| ahuakatondo | Basque |
| alvocater | Catalan |
| parachichi | Swahili |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Magnoliids (
1MAGD )
Order
Laurales (
1LAUO )
Family
Lauraceae (
1LAUF )
Genus
Persea (
1PEBG )
Species
Persea americana (
PEBAM )