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 Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, 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, Marianas, 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 Russi, 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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Alvin, P.T. [s.n.], Brazil K000909002 Yes
Edward, J.T. [s.n.], Brazil K000909003 Yes
Paula-Souza, J. [4645], Brazil K000909001 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0