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iArachis

Arachis hypogaea leaves and freshly dug pods

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Aeschynomeneae
Genus:	Arachis L.

Species

Arachis appressipila
Arachis archeri
Arachis batizocoi
Arachis benensis
Arachis benthamii
Arachis brevipetiolata
Arachis burchellii
Arachis burkartii
Arachis cardenasii
Arachis chiquitana
Arachis correntina
Arachis cruziana
Arachis cryptopotamica
Arachis dardani
Arachis decora
Arachis diogoi
Arachis douradiana
Arachis duranensis
Arachis giacomettii
Arachis glabrata
Arachis glandulifera
Arachis gracilis
Arachis guaranitica
Arachis hatschbachii
Arachis helodes
Arachis hermannii
Arachis herzogii
Arachis hoehnei
Arachis hypogaea (Peanut)
Arachis ipaensis
Arachis kempff-mercadoi
Arachis kretschmeri
Arachis kuhlmannii
Arachis lignosa
Arachis lutescens
Arachis macedoi
Arachis magna
Arachis major
Arachis marginata
Arachis martii
Arachis matiensis
Arachis microsperma
Arachis monticola
Arachis oteroi
Arachis palustris
Arachis paraguariensis
Arachis pietrarellii
Arachis pintoi
Arachis praecox
Arachis prostrata (Grassnut)
Arachis pseudovillosa
Arachis pusilla
Arachis repens
Arachis retusa
Arachis rigonii
Arachis setinervosa
Arachis simpsonii
Arachis stenophylla
Arachis stenosperma
Arachis subcoriacea
Arachis sylvestris
Arachis trinitensis
Arachis triseminata
Arachis tuberosa
Arachis valida
Arachis vallsii
Arachis villosa
Arachis villosulicarpa
Arachis williamsii

Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae) and native to South America. At least 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.

Arachis species, including the peanut, are used as food plants by some Lepidoptera species including Flame Shoulder, The Nutmeg and Turnip Moth.