Prunus persica

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Prunus persica (L.) Batsch

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Amygdalus persica L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (5), Kubiak_2009 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (6), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 86 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 60 mm (40-80 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); red (3); yellow (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (60-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); oblong (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (2); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	16	22	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_2021	20	21	J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
NHNSW_2023	10	15	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Cheal_2017	5	5	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Kubiak_2009	1	2	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
SAH_2022	2	2	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_2023	1	1	R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.