Arachis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Dalbergieae
Genus: Arachis
Sectiones: A. sect. Arachis – A. sect. Caulorrhizae – A. sect. Erectoides – A. sect. Extranervosae – A. sect. Heteranthae – A. sect. Procumbentes – A. sect. Rhizomatosae – A. sect. Trierectoides – A. sect. Triseminatae
Species: A. appressipila – A. archeri – A. batizocoi – A. batizogaea – A. benensis – A. benthamii – A. brevipetiolata – A. burchellii – A. burkartii – A. cardenasii – A. chiquitana – A. correntina – A. cruziana – A. cryptopotamica – A. dardanoi – A. decora – A. diogoi – A. douradiana – A. duranensis – A. giacomettii – A. glabrata – A. glandulifera – A. gracilis – A. gregoryi – A. guaranitica – A. hassleri – A. hatschbachii – A. helodes – A. hermannii – A. herzogii – A. hoehnei – A. hypogaea – A. interrupta – A. ipaensis – A. kempff-mercadoi – A. krapovickasii – A. kretschmeri – A. kuhlmannii – A. lignosa – A. linearifolia – A. lutescens – A. macedoi – A. magna – A. major – A. marginata – A. martii – A. matiensis – A. microsperma – A. monticola – A. nitida – A. oteroi – A. palustris – A. paraguariensis – A. pflugeae – A. pietrarelli – A. pintoi – A. porphyrocalyx – A. praecox – A. prostrata – A. pseudovillosa – A. pusilla – A. repens – A. retusa – A. rigonii – A. schininii – A. seridoensis – A. sesquijuga – A. setinervosa – A. simpsonii – A. stenophylla – A. stenosperma – A. subcoriacea – A. submarginata – A. trinitensis – A. triseminata – A. tuberosa – A. valida – A. vallsii – A. veigae – A. villosa – A. villosulicarpa – A. williamsii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arachis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 06. Reference page.

Name

Arachis L., 1753

Type species: Arachis hypogaea L.

Synonyms

Arachidna Boehm.
Mundubi Adans.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay
Introduced into:
- Alabama, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Liberia, Louisiana, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Santa Cruz Is., Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South European Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 741.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Arachis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Arachis. Published online. Accessed: Nov 06 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Arachis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Nov 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Arachis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

العربية: أراكيس
azərbaycanca: Yerfındığı
беларуская: Арахіс
čeština: Podzemnice
Deutsch: Erdnüsse
English: Peanut
eesti: Maapähkel
suomi: Maapähkinät
한국어: 땅콩속
македонски: Кикиритки
norsk: Peanøtter
polski: orzacha
русский: Арахис
svenska: Jordnötssläkte
українська: Арахіс
Tiếng Việt: Chi Lạc
中文: 落花生属