Arachis
Translingual
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Arachis hypogaea
Etymology
Coined by Linnaeus as an alteration of Ancient Greek ἄραχος (árakhos), an alternative form of ἄρακος (árakos, “chickling vetch”).
Proper noun
Arachis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering plants, of which the peanut is the best known.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Dalbergieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Arachis sect. Arachis, Arachis sect. Caulorrhizae, Arachis sect. Erectoides, Arachis sect. Extranervosae, Arachis sect. Heteranthae, Arachis sect. Procumbentes, Arachis sect. Rhizomatosae, Arachis sect. Trierectoides, Arachis sect. Triseminatae
- Arachis hypogaea (peanut) - type species; see
Arachis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons for more.
- Arachis hypogaea (peanut) - type species; see
References
Arachis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Arachis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arachis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Arachis at USDA Plants database
- Arachis at Tropicos
- Arachis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arachis at Encyclopedia of Life
- Arachis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Arachis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Arachis at The Plant List