Arachis

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Arachis is a genus of flowering legumes best known for including the cultivated peanut, Arachis hypogaea.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Arachis hypogaea 3
Arachis canonical 1
Arachis duranensis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
belongsToClade angiosperms
Eudicots
surface form: eudicots

fabids
Rosids
surface form: rosids
class Magnoliopsida
containsRank species
describedBy Carl von Martius
surface form: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
distributionStatus cultivated worldwide via Arachis hypogaea
economicUse cover crops
forage plants
ornamental groundcovers
source of oilseed crops
family Fabaceae
fruitCharacteristic geocarpic fruit development in several species
fruitType legume
growthForm herbaceous plant
low-growing shrub-like legume
prostrate plant
habitat grasslands
open woodlands
savannas
kingdom Plantae
lifeCycle mostly perennial
some annual species
nativeTo Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
South America
nitrogenFixation symbiotic with rhizobia
notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis duranensis

Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis glabrata

Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis hypogaea

Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis ipaensis

Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis pintoi
order Fabales
photosyntheticPathway C3
phylum Tracheophyta
pollination mainly self-pollinated
reproduction flowering plant
subfamily Faboideae
subtribe Stylosanthinae
taxonRank genus
tribe Aeschynomeneae
typeSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arachis hypogaea
usedFor soil improvement through nitrogen fixation
wellKnownFor including the cultivated peanut Arachis hypogaea

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faboideae includesGenus Arachis
Faboideae includesSpecies Arachis
this entity surface form: Arachis hypogaea
Arachis typeSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis hypogaea
Arachis notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis hypogaea
Arachis notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis duranensis
Arachis notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis ipaensis
Arachis notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis pintoi
Arachis notableSpecies Arachis self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Arachis glabrata