What is Peach?
{{other uses}} {{speciesbox |name = Peach |image = Illustration Prunus persica0.jpg |image_caption = Peach flower, fruit, seed and leaves as illustrated by Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1885). |image2 = Autumn Red peaches.jpg |image2_caption = Autumn Red peaches, cross section |image2_alt = Photograph showing a peach in cross section with yellow flesh and a single large reddish brown pit |genus = Prunus |parent = Prunus subg. Amygdalus |species = persica |authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[August Batsch|Batsch]] 1801 not Stokes 1812 nor (L.) Siebold & Zucc. 1845<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Prunus&find_species=persica&find_rankToReturn=spec|title=IPNI Plant Name Query Results|work=ipni.org|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925203907/http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Prunus&find_species=persica&find_rankToReturn=spec|archivedate=25 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-376 |title=The Plant List, ''Prunus persica'' (L.) Batsch |access-date=2018-07-04 |archive-date=2021-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310033102/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-376 |url-status=live }}</ref> |synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=<small>Synonymy</small> |''Amygdalus persica'' <small>L. 1753</small> |''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''aganonucipersica'' <small>(Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small> |''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''compressa'' <small>(Loudon) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small> |''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''scleronucipersica'' <small>(Schübl. & G.Martens) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small> |''Amygdalus persica'' var. ''scleropersica'' <small>(Rchb.) T.T.Yu & L.T.Lu</small> |''Persica platycarpa'' <small>Decne.</small> |''Persica vulgaris'' <small>Mill.</small> |''Persica vulgaris'' var. ''compressa'' <small>Loudon</small> |''Prunus daemonifuga'' <small>H.Lév. & Vaniot</small> |''Prunus persica'' <small>(L.) Stokes</small> |''Prunus