Apollonias, Persea was found to be mostly monophyletic, with Apollonias barbujana from the Canary Islands nested within the core Persea group. The species Persea nudigemma was found to be more closely related to Phoebe, while Persea sphaerocarpa was found to be nested within a group of Alseodaphne species. Subgenus Persea — Central America. Two species. Persea americana Mill. – Avocado Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S.F.Blake Persea americana var. floccosa (Mez) Scora Persea americana var. guatemalensis (L.O.Williams) Scora Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp Persea americana var. steyermarkii (C.K.Allen) Scora Persea schiedeana Nees – Coyo Subgenus Eriodaphne (Mutisiopersea) — The Americas, Macaronesia. About 70 species, including Persea alpigena Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. – Redbay Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff from Mexico Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Persea cinerascens Persea donnell-smithii Mez Persea indica (L.) Spreng. – Viñátigo (possibly better treated in a fourth subgenus of its own) Persea lingue (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees – Lingue Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn. Persea meyeniana Nees Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg. – Swampbay Persea skutchii Subgenus Machilus — Asia. About 80 species, including Persea edulis Persea ichangensis Persea japonica (Siebold & Zucc.) Kosterm. Persea kadooriei From Hong Kong. Persea kobu Persea macrantha Persea nanmu Oliv. Persea thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) Kosterm. Persea yunnanensis Formerly placed here Cinnamodendron cinnamomifolium (Kunth) Kosterm. (as P. cinnamomifolia Kunth or P. mexicana (Meisn.) Hemsl.) Laurus azorica (Seub.) Franco (as P. azorica Seub.) Phylogeny Based on Etymology Philip Miller derived Persea from the Greek name . It was applied by Theophrastus and Hippocrates to an uncertain Egyptian tree, possibly Cordia myxa or a Mimusops species. References Bibliography André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans. 1993. Mutisiopersea Kostermans, a new genus in Lauraceae. Rheedea 3: 132–135. C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg Lucille E. Kopp. 1966. "A taxonomic revision of the genus Persea in the Western Hemisphere (Persea-Lauracese)" Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 14(1): pp. 1–117 External links Avocado source Extensive information on the Avocado and the genus generally, particularly the subgenera Persea and Eriodaphne Flora of North America: Persea Flora of China: Machilus Full list of species in Machilus in China Lauraceae genera Taxa named by Philip Miller