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Taxon: Arachis glabrata Benth.

 
Genus: Arachis
Section: Rhizomatosae
Family: Fabaceae (alt.Leguminosae)
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Dalbergieae
Nomen number: 3780
Place of publication: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18:159. 1839
Link to protologue:
Comment: valid publication verified from original literature
Name Verified on: 17-gruod.-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: forage (fide Euphytica 116:187. 2000; Pl Res SEAs 4:46. 1992)
  • Environmental: potential for erosion control

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • BRAZIL: Brazil [Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo]
    • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Corrientes, Misiones] Paraguay


    Cultivated

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
    • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
    • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia

    Northern America
    • United States

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Cuba


References:

  1. Anderson, B. D. et al. 2015. Ornamental groundcover characteristics of rhizoma peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth.): Shade affects height but not cover. HortScience 50:952-956.
  2. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Arachis+glabrata&quantity=1 target='_blank'
  4. Gimenes, M. A. et al. 2000. Genetic variation and phylogenetic relationships based on REPD analysis in section Caulorrhizae, genus Arachis (Leguninosae). Euphytica 116:187-195. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  6. Hermann, F. J. 1954. A synopsis of the genus Arachis. Agric. Monogr. U.S.D.A. 19:8.
  7. Krapovickas, A. & W. C. Gregory. 1994. Taxonomía del género Arachis (Leguminosae). Bonplandia 8:102-105. Note: recognizes this perennial, tetraploid (2n=40) species, commenting on its morphological variability under var. glabrata
  8. Pereira Bravo, J. et al. 2006. Transferability and use of microsatellite markers for the genetic analysis of the germplasm of some Arachis section species of the genus Arachis. Genet. Molec. Biol. 29:516-524.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  11. Resslar, P. M. 1980. A review of the nomenclature of the genus Arachis L.. Euphytica 29:815. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  12. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:46.
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  14. Valls, J. F. M. & C. E. Simpson. 1994. Chapter 1. Taxonomy, natural distribution, and attributes of Arachis. Biology and agronomy of forage Arachis. 1-18.
  15. Valls, J. F. M. et al. 1985. Proceedings of an international workshop on cytogenetics of Arachis. ICRISAT. 17.
  16. Wang, C. T. et al. 2011. Phylogeny of Arachis based on internal transcribed spacer sequences. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 58:311-319.

Check other web resources for Arachis glabrata Benth. :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3780. Accessed 27 balandžio 2026.