Arachis

Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family (Fabaceae), native to South America, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae. At least one species, the peanut (Arachis hypogaea), is a major food crop species of global importance; some of the other species are cultivated for food to a small extent in South America. Other species such as A. pintoi are cultivated worldwide as forage and soil conditioner plants, with the leaves providing high-protein feed for grazing livestock and a nitrogen source in

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Arachis is a genus of low-lying herbaceous plants within the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Dalbergieae and is commonly known as the peanut genus. The taxon was described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

The genus contains over 80 species, most of which are native to South America. Specimens have been recorded in Mexico, Brazil, the United States, and Costa Rica. Collections are held by institutions including IBUNAM, NY, UFPB, CENARGEN, and ANSP. One species, the pinto peanut, has 7,270 observations on iNaturalist.

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Species

pinto peanut

species

FamilyFabaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Observations7,270

落花生属（学名：Arachis）是豆目豆科蝶形花亚科的一个属，为低矮草本植物。该属超过80种，大部分原生于南美洲。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 863
With media: 288
Family: Fabaceae
Collections: IBUNAM, NY, UFPB, CENARGEN, ANSP, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
Recorded in: Mexico, Brazil, Brasil, United States, Costa Rica

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