Taxon:
Persea americana Mill. var. americana
Summary
Verified:
12/17/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Ashworth, V. E. T. M. et al. 2011. Chapter 8. Persea. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, tropical and subtropical fruits 174, 175.
- Chanderbali, A. S. et al. 2013. Chapter 3. Taxonomy and botany. The avocado: botany, production and uses 32-33, 35-37. Note: this review provides a detailed overview of the nomenclatural history and the diverse botanical interpretation of Persea americana; this review accepts a polymorphic P. americana until future genetic and field studies will evaluate this complex
- Kopp, L. E. 1966. A taxonomic revision of the genus Persea in the Western Hemisphere (Perseae-Lauraceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1):15.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
- Scora, R. W. et al. 2002. Taxonomy and botany. The avocado: botany, production and uses 21-22.
- Williams, L. O. 1977. The avocados, a synopsis of the genus Persea, subg. Persea. Econ. Bot. 31:317. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231