Taxon:  Prunus persica (L.) Batsch f. compressa (Loudon) Rehder



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Amygdalus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
104720
Place of publication:
Bibl. cult. trees 329.  1949
Verified:
11/07/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (2 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch f. persica (0 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica (Suckow) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Persica vulgaris Mill. var. compressa Loudon

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. compressa (Loudon) Bean

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus persica L. var. platycarpa (Decne.) Ricker
Persica platycarpa Decne.
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. platycarpa (Decne.) L. H. Bailey
Prunus platycarpa (Decne.) R. H. Price, nom. inval.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: = Amygdalus persica Compressa Group
  3. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Prunus persica var. platycarpa
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English flat peach as P. persica var. platycarpa 1 Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Prunus persica var. platycarpa
English pinto peach as P. persica var. platycarpa 1 Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: = Prunus persica var. platycarpa
Swedish saturnuspersika 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese ping tzu-t'ao 2 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: = Amygdalus persica Compressa Group
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitas Prunus persica var. platycarpaKrüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104720. Accessed 2 May 2025.