Native to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into 64 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Rincon, A 2459

May 24, 2001

Location

Mexico, Veracruz

18.541111, -95.196389

Location Remarks

Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.

Collectors

Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Lauraceae

Genus

Persea

Specific Epithet

americana

Authorship

Mill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#266,499 of 335,497

Top 80%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →