The peach is a species of the Prunus persica, and is a fruit tree of the rose family Rosaceae. They grow in the warm regions of both the northern and southern hemispheres.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Peach |
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Peach flower, fruit, seed and leaves as illustrated by Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1885). |
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Autumn Red peaches, cross section |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Plantae |
Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
Clade: |
Angiosperms |
Clade: |
Eudicots |
Clade: |
Rosids |
Order: |
Rosales |
Family: |
Rosaceae |
Genus: |
Prunus |
Subgenus: |
Prunus subg. Amygdalus |
Species: |
P. persica |
Binomial name |
Prunus persica
( L.) Batsch 1801 not Stokes 1812 nor (L.) Siebold & Zucc. 1845 [1] |
Synonyms[2] |
- Amygdalus persica L. 1753
- Amygdalus persica var. aganonucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. compressa (Loudon) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. scleronucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Amygdalus persica var. scleropersica (Rchb.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu
- Persica platycarpa Decne.
- Persica vulgaris Mill.
- Persica vulgaris var. compressa Loudon
- Prunus daemonifuga H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Prunus persica (L.) Stokes
- Prunus persica (L.) Siebold & Zucc.
- Prunus persica f. aganonucipersica (Schübl. & G.Martens) Rehder
- Prunus persica var. compressa (Loudon) Bean
- Prunus persica var. lasiocalyx H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Prunus persica var. platycarpa (Decne.) L.H.Bailey
- Prunus persica subsp. platycarpa (Decne.) D. Rivera, Obón, S. Ríos, Selma, F. Mendez, Verde & F.Cano
- Prunus persica f. scleropersica (Rchb.) Voss
- Amygdalus nucipersica (L.) Rchb.
- Persica nucipersica (L.) Borkh.
- Amygdalus potanini (Batalin) T.T.Yu
- Persica potaninii (Batalin) Kovalev & Kostina
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