<Li> Amygdalus potanini (Batalin) T.T. Yu </Li> <Li> Persica potaninii (Batalin) Kovalev & Kostina </Li> <P> The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Shan mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated . It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach or a nectarine . </P> <P> The specific epithet persica refers to its widespread cultivation in Persia (modern - day Iran), whence it was transplanted to Europe . It belongs to the genus Prunus which includes the cherry, apricot, almond and plum, in the rose family . The peach is classified with the almond in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell . </P>

The peach is known as a species of prunus