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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

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.

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