| Persea Temporal range:
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| Persea indica foliage and fruit | |
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| Avocado (Persea americana) foliage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Persea Mill.[2] |
| Type species | |
| Persea americana | |
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| Synonyms | |
Persea is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae.[3] The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, P. americana, widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit.
- ^ Vento, B.; Prámparo, Mercedes B. (2018). "Angiosperm association from the Río Turbio Formation (Eocene–?Oligocene) Santa Cruz, Argentina: revision of Hünicken's (1955) fossil leaves collection". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42 (1): 125–153. Bibcode:2018Alch...42..125V. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1408854. hdl:11336/87290. ISSN 0311-5518.
- ^ a b "Genus: Persea Mill". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ^ André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans. 1993