Persea americana

Taxonomy ID: 3435 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:3435)

current name

Persea americana  Mill., 1768 , nom. nov.  ²⁾ in [Miller P (1768a)]

basionym:

Laurus persea  L., 1753 , replaced synonym  ¹⁾ in [Linnaeus C (1753)]

Genbank common name: avocado
NCBI BLAST name: flowering plants
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Persea tolimanensis  Zentmyer & Schieber, 1990 , nom. inval.  ³⁾

heterotypic synonym

Persea gratissima  C.F.Gaertn., 1807 , nom. illeg.  ⁵⁾ in [von Gaertner CF (1807)]

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Magnoliidae; Laurales; Lauraceae; Persea

Notes:

• 1) A synonym that was replaced by a replacement name or nomen novum.
• 2) 'Nom. nov.' (= nomen novum, = replacement name, = avowed substitute) refers to a new name based on a legitimate or illegitimate, previously published name, which is its replaced synonym and which, when legitimate, does not provide the final species epithet, name, or stem of the replacement name.
• 3) 'Nom. inval.' (= nomen invalidum, = invalid name) refers to a name not published in accordance with rules enumerated in the International Code for algae, fungi and plants.
• 4) 'Nom. inval.' (= nomen invalidum, = invalid name) refers to a name not published in accordance with rules enumerated in the International Code for algae, fungi and plants.
• 5) 'Nom. illeg.' (= nomen illegitimum, = illegitimate name) refers to a validly published name that is not in accordance with the particular rules of its relevant Code of Nomenclature.

Comments and References:

Linnaeus C (1753)

Miller P (1768a)

von Gaertner CF (1807)

image:Persea americana Image by B. Navez from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

GRIN (Dec 09, 2020) Name accessed on 8 December 2020 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomysearch.aspx)

Flora of China - Lauraceae Shugang Li, Xi-wen Li, Jie Li, Puhua Huang, Fa-Nan Wei, Hongbin Cui & Henk van der Werff. Lauraceae. In Wu, Z. Y., P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong, eds. 2008. Flora of China. Vol. 7 (Menispermaceae through Capparaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online version