Arachis villosulicarpa

Arachis villosulicarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Arachis
Species:	A. villosulicarpa
Binomial name
	Arachis villosulicarpa; Hoehne

Arachis villosulicarpa is a perennial peanut species, which is cultivated by indigenous people in Mato Grosso, a state of Brazil.^[1] Its wild progenitor is thought to be Arachis pietrarellii.^[1] Although it is related to the common peanut, Arachis hypogaea, it was separately domesticated: A. villosulicarpa is diploid,^[1] whereas A. hypogaea is tetraploid.

It is one of several species that might be used as gene source for plant breeding to improve the important cultivated peanut Arachis hypogaea.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Galgaro, L.; Montenegro Valls, J. F.; Lopes, C. R. (1997). "Study of the genetic variability and similarity among and within Arachis villosulicarpa, A. pietrarellii and A. hypogaea through isoenzyme analysis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 44: 9–15. doi:10.1023/A:1008609115357.
^ Wynne, J. C.; Beute, M. K.; Nigam, S. N. (1991). "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)" (PDF). Annual Review of Phytopathology. 29: 279–303. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.29.090191.001431.

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[Galgaro_etal_97-1] Galgaro, L.; Montenegro Valls, J. F.; Lopes, C. R. (1997). "Study of the genetic variability and similarity among and within Arachis villosulicarpa, A. pietrarellii and A. hypogaea through isoenzyme analysis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 44: 9–15. doi:10.1023/A:1008609115357.

[2] Wynne, J. C.; Beute, M. K.; Nigam, S. N. (1991). "Breeding for Disease Resistance in Peanut (Arachis Hypogaea L.)" (PDF). Annual Review of Phytopathology. 29: 279–303. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.29.090191.001431.

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