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Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez

Protologue Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 171. 1889BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 3 Mch 02. 001.jpg

Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 3 Mch 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Persea caerulea--Costa Rica. San Jose, Hotel Bougainvillea. 23 Feb 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

February 23, 2002

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

March 3, 2002

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe, Hotel Bougainvillea)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1500 m elev.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Lauraceae

Genus

Persea

Specific Epithet

caerulea

Authorship

(Ruiz & Pav.) Mez

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

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

#284,498 of 335,497

Top 85%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →