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| − | Common name: | + | Common name: Avocado |
| − | ==Taxonomic | + | ==Taxonomic notes== |
==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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===Pollination=== | ===Pollination=== | ||
| − | The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea americana'' at Archbold Biological Station | + | The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea americana'' at Archbold Biological Station:<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> |
Vespidae: ''Stenodynerus beameri'' | Vespidae: ''Stenodynerus beameri'' | ||
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<!--===Diseases and parasites===--> | <!--===Diseases and parasites===--> | ||
| − | ==Conservation and | + | |
| − | == | + | ==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration== |
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==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
==References and notes== | ==References and notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:23, 15 July 2022
| Persea americana | |
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| Photo by Jake Farnum, Bugwood.org | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Persea |
| Species: | P. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Persea americana Mill. | |
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| Natural range of Persea americana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Avocado
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Persea americana at Archbold Biological Station:[1]
Vespidae: Stenodynerus beameri
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
