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Persea Miller
Avokadot Perseas
Persea, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]

Foodplants for Antheraea assamensis, Cricula trifenestrata, Oxydia vesulia, Papilio agestor shirozui, Trabala pallida


Persea americana Miller
Avokado

Foodplant for Accinctapubes albifasciata, Archaeoprepona demophoon, Copaxa lunula, C. semioculata, Orthocomotis herbacea, Papilio menatius vulneratus, P. rutulus, Venada cacao, V. naranja


Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
SE.Virginia - Florida - Texas. See [About maps] Red Bay
Persea carolinensis Nees.
Persea Borbonia ; [GMBOT, 413]
Persea borbonica[sic?] ; [IBT, 249]

Foodplant for Papilio palamedes, P. troilus

P. b. var. pubescens (Pursh) Little
from (S.Delaware - E.Virginia) - Florida - Texas Swampbay
Persea borbonica[sic?] var. pubescens ; [IBT, 249]

Foodplant for Papilio palamedes


Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.
Persea pubescens ; [GMBOT, 413]

Persea gratissima Gaertn.
Tropical America. See [About maps] Avocado Pear

Foodplant for Graphium sarpedon


Persea nanmu Oliv.
China. See [About maps] Nan-Mu Wood


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BONAP]
A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program
[GMBOT]
Robinson, Benjamin L., Fernald, Merrit Lyndon, 1908; Gray's New Manual of Botany (7th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; American Book Company
[IBT]
Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees


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