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Persea
Taxonomy
Persea was named by Gaertner (1805) [(Plumier) Gaertner]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Srivastava (1991), Mabberley (2000) and Prasad (2008).
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Srivastava (1991), Mabberley (2000) and Prasad (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1805 | Persea Gaertner |
| 1899 | Persea Knowlton |
| 1919 | Persea Knowlton |
| 1941 | Persea MacGinitie |
| 1991 | Persea Srivastava |
| 2000 | Persea Mabberley |
| 2008 | Persea Prasad |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Persea Gaertner 1805
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Persea borbonia Linnaeus 1825
†Persea brossiana Lesquereux 1878
†Persea coloradica Cockerell 1908
†Persea dilleri Lesquereux 1888
†Persea hayana Lesquereux 1891
†Persea leconteana Lesquereux 1869
†Persea longipetiolata Hollick 1899
†Persea mycrophylla Mez 1892
†Persea praelingue Sanborn 1935
†Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878
†Persea pubescens Pursh 1907
†Persea punctulata Lesquereux 1888
†Persea purniyagiriensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1978
†Persea schimperi Lesquereux 1891
†Persea speciosa Heer 1888
†Persea sternbergii Lesquereux 1872
†Persea valida Hollick 1906
†Persea wilcoxiana Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Tertiary or 83.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (74 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | P. hayana (27357 27369 27370) | |
| Puercan - Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | P. brossiana (52936) | |
| Paleocene | USA (New Mexico) | P. brossiana (43214) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | P. brossiana (40775) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | P. brossiana (40061 52964 53084) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | P. brossiana (40741 43401 55856) | |
| Paleogene | Chile (Biobío) | P. sp. (152433) | |
| Tertiary | Venezuela (Anzoategui) | P. macrophylloides, P. preamericana (31247) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | P. thunbergii (22819) | |
| Eocene | USA (Washington) | P. pseudocarolinensis (22993) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | P. coriacea (21389) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | P. pseudocarolinensis (24198) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | P. praelingue, P. pseudocarolinensis (23996 23997 23998) P. pseudocarolinensis (23995 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | P. pseudocarolinensis (22906 22934 22965 22998 23001) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | P. florissantia (24209) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | P. florissantia (39839 39851) | |
| Oligocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. microphylla (141997) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | P. fluviatilis (24923 24982 24983) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian | USA (Vermont) | P. sp. (22776) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | P. coriacea (31279) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Colombia (Santander) | P. coriacea (32102) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Peru | P. macrophylloides (32003) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | P. sp. (31273) | |
| Miocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | P. sp. (31277) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. princeps (46327) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | P. pseudocarolinensis (35278) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | P. princeps (46322) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. macrophylloides (34148) P. preamericana (34145) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | India (Uttarakhand) | P. purniyagiriensis (222808) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | P. sp. (22796) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Acre) | P. amoneana (31670) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | P. fluviatilis (28280 28284) | |
| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | P. sp. (19206) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. princeps (46225) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (California) | P. pseudocarolinensis (35412) | |
| Langhian - Messinian | Japan (Hirakata) | P. sp. (22750 22753) P. thunbergii, P. sp. (22742 22744) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | USA (California) | P. pseudocarolinensis (27342) | |
| MN 6 | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. princeps (46237 46239) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | P. thunbergii (21234 21238) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | P. sp. (22755) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (California) | P. coalingensis (35271) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | P. sp. (28134) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | P. coalingensis (35272) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Germany (North Rhine) | P. sp. (28171) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | P. sp. (28197) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. americana (31227) |