Details for: MIA 36150, Persea americana Mill., 'Melvin'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Persea americana Mill.

Cultivar:

'Melvin'

Origin:

Donated – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

Aug 2006

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Persea americana Mill.

Cultivar:

'Melvin'

Origin:

Donated – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

Aug 2006

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

August 2006.
Florida, United States

Donor(s):

Campbell, Richard J., Fairchild Tropical Garden

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Melvin'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Persea americana Mill.

Genus:

Persea

Subgenus:

Persea

Family:

Lauraceae

Nomen number:

27393

Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Persea no. 1. 1768

Verified:

01/23/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Persea americana Mill. race guatemalan (0 active accession[s])
Persea americana Mill. race mexican (0 active accession[s])
Persea americana Mill. race west indian (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Laurus persea L.
Persea persea (L.) Cockerell
Persea floccosa Mez
Persea americana Mill. var. nubigena (L. O. Williams) L. E. Kopp
Persea nubigena L. O. Williams
Persea gigantea L. O. Williams
Persea steyermarkii C. K. Allen
Persea americana Mill. var. tolimanensis (Zentmyer & Schieber) Scora, nom. inval.
Persea americana Mill. var. zentmyeri Scora, nom. inval.
Persea zentmyeri Schieber & B. Bergh, nom. inval.
Persea tolimanensis Zentmyer & Schieber, nom. inval.
Persea nubigena L. O. Williams var. nubigena

Invalid Designation(s)
Persea americana Mill. var. floccosa (Mez) Scora, nom. inval.
Persea americana Mill. var. steyermarkii (C. K. Allen) Scora, nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	avocado	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	avocatier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Avocado	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Avocadobaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Avocadopalme	2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Japanese Rōmaji	abokado	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Japanese Rōmaji	wani-nashi	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese (Brazil)	abacate	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	aguacate	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	palto	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	avokado	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	e li	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

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