Taxon: Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea

Genus:

Arachis

Section:

Arachis

Family:

Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Dalbergieae

Nomen number:

400515

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

14-ene-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 14-ene-2010

Species priority site is:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Arachis hypogaea f. nambyquarae (Hoehne) F. J. Herm.
(=) Arachis hypogaea var. nambyquarae (Hoehne) Burkart
(=) Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne

Common names:

Virginia peanut (Source: Crit Rev Pl Sci) - English

Economic Importance:

Human food: oil/fat ()
Human food: pulse (this is the only variety in the subspecies widely cultivated)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(widely cult. in the Americas, Africa, & Asia)

References:

Ferguson, M. E. et al. 2004. Gene diversity among botanical varieties in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Crop Sci. (Madison) 44:1847-1854.
Wynne, J. C. & T. Halward 1989. Cytogenetics and genetics of Arachis Crit. Rev. Pl. Sci. 8(3):189-220.

Check other web resources for Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea :

ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=400515. Accessed 7 junio 2026.