Persea caerulea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Persea
Subgenus: P. subg. Eriodaphne
Species: Persea caerulea
Name

Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez, 1889
Synonyms

Laurus caerulea Ruiz & Pav.
Laurus coerulea Ruiz & Pav. ex Meisn.
Laurus laevigata Willd. ex Meisn.
Laurus pruinosa Willd. ex Nees
Laurus pyrifolia Willd. ex Nees
Laurus viburnoides Willd. ex Nees
Persea laevigata Kunth
Persea laevigata var. caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Meisn.
Persea lignitepala Lasser
Persea petiolaris Kunth
Persea skutchii C.K.Allen

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Regional: Central America
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
Regional: Northern South America
Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Mez, C.C., 1889. Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin 5:171.

Additional references

Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Persea caerulea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Persea caerulea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Persea caerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jan 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Persea caerulea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 09. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Persea caerulea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Persea caerulea is a species of trees in the family Lauraceae. It is native to North and South America.[1]
References

Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 491. ISBN 9780123969545.