Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Persea americana Mill.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Persea americana
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
Mill.
Common names
Avocado, Avocado, Alligator pear, Pear Tree, avocado pear
Names in other languages (72)Abacateiro, Advocaatpeer, Advokaatpeer, Aguacate, Alageta', Alligator pear, Alligatorbirne, Alpukat, Alvocat, Alvocater, Amerikinė persėja, Apokat, Avocadobaum, Avocadobirne, Avocadopalme, Avocadopeer, Avocatier, Avocatier d'Amérique, Avocat, Avocado, Avocatier, Avocatier d'Amérique, Avocatier, Avocatier, Avocatier d’Amérique, Avoka, Avokadopeer, Avokádó, Awacati, Bata, Butterfrucht, M'zavoca, Murgpeer, Pallta, Paya, Pear, Peya, Pêra-abacate, Uñüque, Zaboca (Trinidad & Tobago); Aguacate, Zavoca, abacate, abokado, abukado, afkati, ahuacate, avacado, avacatal, avokado, awokado właściwe, ceeneeteenice'ee', cic on, cupanda, e li, hedelmäavokado, hruškovec americký, louro-abacate, oj, palta, palto, smaczliwka wdzięczna, wani-nashi, Αβοκάντο, Авакада, Авокадо, Авокадо американське, Персея американская, Ավոկադո, අල්ගැට පේර, อาโวคาโด, ប័រ, ប្លែប័រ, アボカド, 樟梨, 酪梨, 鰐梨, 鳄梨
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Laurales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Lauraceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Persea
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
americana
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Persea americana
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 10:53.
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: Hugo Saulino · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M. · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: Christopher Hynes · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: Erick Vélez Sánchez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: Isis I. Castro Alberto · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Persea americana Mill.
Photo: nebrooks · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 10:53.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 14 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × has its flowers visited by × is eaten by × is pollinated by × has as a parasite × is visited by × has as a pathogen × is adjacent to × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has as a vector × co-occurs ecologically with × 2 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 554 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Sphaceloma perseae Elsinoaceae is a host of 268 not compared
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 182 not compared
Pseudocercospora purpurea Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 63 not compared
Dieback Phytophthora cinnamomi Peronosporaceae is a host of 45 no location
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interacts with 196 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Euwallacea fornicatus Curculionidae interacts with 19 no location
Trioza anceps Triozidae interacts with 15 not compared
Trichogramma platneri Trichogrammatidae interacts with 12 no location
Persea mite Oligonychus perseae Tetranychidae interacts with 7 not compared
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 153 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 10 not compared
Asian Hornet Vespa velutina Vespidae has its flowers visited by 4 not compared
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Nymphalidae has its flowers visited by 3 not compared
Tapered Drone Fly Eristalis similis Syrphidae has its flowers visited by 3 not compared
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is eaten by 151 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pacific Flying Fox Pteropus tonganus Pteropodidae is eaten by 5 no location
Leafhopper Idona minuenda Cicadellidae is eaten by 5 no location
North Island Kaka Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis Strigopidae is eaten by 5 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae is eaten by 4 no location
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Pollination

is pollinated by 107 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is pollinated by 4 not compared
Syrphus shorae is pollinated by 1 no location
Bee-flies Bombyliini Bombyliidae is pollinated by 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at tribe level.
Saxifrage Saxifraga Saxifragaceae is pollinated by 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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has as a parasite 71 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Trichogramma platneri Trichogrammatidae has as a parasite 10 no location
Thripoctenus javae Eulophidae has as a parasite 8 no location
Encyrtid parasitoid wasp Anagyrus fusciventris Encyrtidae has as a parasite 7 no location
Parasitoid wasp Tetracnemoidea peregrina has as a parasite 5 no location
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is visited by 26 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Metcalfiella monogramma Membracidae is visited by 8 not compared
Zeugodacus tau Tephritidae is visited by 1 not compared
Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax Syrphidae is visited by 1 no location
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is visited by 1 not compared
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has as a pathogen 11 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Colletotrichum kahawae subsp. cigarro Glomerellaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Dieback Phytophthora cinnamomi Peronosporaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Botryosphaeria ribis has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Oidium Erysiphaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
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is adjacent to 5 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Sphaceloma perseae Elsinoaceae is adjacent to 3 no location
Elsinoe perseae is adjacent to 2 no location
Poria Polyporaceae is adjacent to 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae is adjacent to 1 not compared
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interacts with 5 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Eriobotrya japonica Rosaceae interacts with 1 not compared
Kleberg's Bluestem Dichanthium annulatum Poaceae interacts with 1 not compared
shield lichen Parmelia hygrophila Parmeliaceae interacts with 1 not compared
Swollen Windmill Grass Chloris barbata Poaceae interacts with 1 not compared
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has as a vector 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 2 no location
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 2 no location
Western Gorilla Gorilla gorilla has as a vector 1 no location
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co-occurs ecologically with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pearly Underwing Peridroma saucia Noctuidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

This agronomic reading comes from a source reserved for internal use, so it is not shown here.

Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a
Árbol con valoración local Documented useAsserted coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a