Fabaceae

Arachis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 741 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina.

Distribution

Native to:

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, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Great Britain, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, 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, Marianas, Maryland, 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-South Sudan, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 157.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Burkart in Darwiniana 3: 261 (1939).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 329 (1754).
  • Hermann, U.S. Dept. Agric. Monographs: 19 (1954).
  • Hoehne in Fl. Brasilica 25 (II: 122): 3 (1940).
  • Sp. Pl.: 741 (1753)
  • Verdcourt in Kirkia 9: 495 (1974).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Burkart in Darwiniana 3: 261 (1939)
  • Hermann, U.S. Dept. Agric, Agric. Monographs 19 (1954)
  • Hoehne in Fl. Brasilíca 25 (II: 122): 3 (1940)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 329 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 741 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

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