Peach | |
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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 | |
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.
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