Arachis information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)



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Genus: Arachis L.

Family: Fabaceae subfamily Faboideae tribe Dalbergieae
Altfamily: Leguminosae

Also sometimes placed in: Papilionaceae

Genus number: 889
Last updated: 29-Mar-2007
Comment: all 80 accepted species are in GRIN.

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

Krapovickas, A. & W. C. Gregory. 1994. Taxonomía del género Arachis (Leguminosae). Bonplandia 8:1–186.
Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 326.

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Check other nomenclature databases for Arachis:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Subdivisions of genus Arachis:

Subgenus	Section	Subsection	Series	Subseries
	Arachis
	Caulorrhizae
	Erectoides
	Extranervosae
	Heteranthae
	Procumbentes
	Rhizomatosae
	Rhizomatosae		Prorhizomatosae
	Rhizomatosae		Rhizomatosae
	Trierectoides
	Triseminatae

Images:

Fruit (Arachis hypogaea): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Fruit (Arachis monticola): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Arachis glabrata var. hagenbeckii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Seed (Arachis hypogaea): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org
Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?889 (23 May 2013)

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