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The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in China.It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and the glossy-skinned, non-fuzzy varieties called nectarines.
Some are endemic, meaning they occur naturally only in the Americas and nowhere else, while others occur naturally both in the Americas and on other continents as well. When complete, the list below will include all food plants native to the Americas ( genera marked with a dagger † are endemic), regardless of when or where they were first ...
Bu: listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names [5] CS: listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names and William T. Stearn's Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners [6] Gl: listed in David Gledhill's The Names of Plants [7] Qu: listed in Umberto Quattrocchi's four-volume CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names [8 ...
The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2. Cullen, Katherine E. (2006). Biology: The People Behind the Science. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7221-7. Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants. New York, New York: Cambridge ...
Common names include peach palm in English, among others used in South American countries. It is a long-lived perennial plant that is productive for 50 to 75 years on average. Its population has an important genetic diversity, leading to numerous fruits, colors, and qualities.
Prunus texana, called peachbush, Texas almond cherry, Texas peachbush, sand plum, peach bush, duraznillo and wild peach [3] [4] is native to central and western Texas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Although it looks like peach, it actually belongs to Prunus sect. Prunocerasus together with other North American plum species.
Native peach may refer to flowering plants not in the rose family (Rosaceae), which includes actual peaches: Santalum acuminatum , also known as desert quandong Trema tomentosa var. viridus , also known as peach-leaved poison bush
Over eighty species of plants and animals have douglasii in their scientific names, in his honour. He introduced several hundred plants to Great Britain and hence to Europe. [15] There is a memorial to David Douglas in his birthplace of Scone. David Douglas High School and the David Douglas School District in Portland, Oregon are named after him.