Persea fulva L.E.Kopp var. fulva

• Authority

  Kopp, Lucille E. 1966. A tasonomic revision of the genus Persea in the Western Hemisphere (Perseae-Lauraceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 1-117.

• Family

  Lauraceae

• Scientific Name

  Persea fulva L.E.Kopp var. fulva

• Description

  Species Description - Branchlets tawny- (rarely ferrugineous-) tomentose; petioles 5-10 mm. long; leaf-blades 5-9 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, the lower surface densely tawny- (rarely ferrugineous-) lanate or tomentose, the primary nerves divergent from the costa at 45-60°. Inflorescences tawny- (rarely ferrugineous-) lanate, the rachises 2-7 cm. long; flowers tawny- (rarely ferrugineous-) lanate; filaments of series I, II, and III dorsally sparsely pubescent.

• Discussion

  Type collection. F. Selloio 1364, Brazilia (holotype B, fragment F).