Avocado

Persea americana (binomen a Philippo Miller anno 1768 statutum) est planta florens in Mexico et Media America orta, quae ad familiam Lauracearum pertinet. Fructus est esculentus.

Semina huius speciei reperta sunt in locis archaeologicis Mexicanis Coxcatlán, El Riego, Purrón, unde domesticationem hac regione anno circiter 6 500 a.C.n. inceptam censetur.^[1]

Notae

Bibliographia

Fructus Perseae americanae

Fontes anteriores

• Philip Miller, The Gardeners Dictionary. 8a ed. 1768.

Eruditio recentior

• Fruit-bearing Forest Trees: technical notes. (FAO Forestry Paper, 34.) Romae: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1982. Textus
• C. Earle Smith, "Archeological evidence for selection in avocado" in Economic Botany vol. 20 (1966) pp. 169–175 Epitome