Arachis
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Arachis appressipila |
Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae, native to South America.
One species, the Peanut Arachis hypogaea, is a major food crop species of global importance; some of the other species are cultivated to a small extent in South America.
External links
- LegumeWeb: Arachis taxa (http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/nall/nall_102.shtml)
- Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter: Morphological characterization of Arachis species of section Arachis (http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/pgrnewsletter/article.asp?id_article=7&id_issue=121)
- Genetic relationships among Arachis species (Genet. Mol. Biol. 25 no.3, São Paulo 2002) (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1415-47572002000300017&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en)Template:Plant-stub