Peach
Peach flower, fruit, seed and leaves as illustrated by Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1885).
Autumn Red peaches, cross section
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Plantae
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
Synonyms
Synonymy 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

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.