Fig. 1. Centers of origin and diversity of A. hypogaea in South America [adapted from Singh and Nigam (1997), from Gregory and Gregory (1976)]. HYP—subsp. hypogaea var. hypogaea; HIR—subsp. hypogaea var. hirsuta; FAS—subsp. fastigiata var. fastigiata; VUL—subsp. fastigiata var. vulgaris; PER—subsp. fastigiata var. peruviana; AEQ—subsp. fastigiata var. aequatoriana. I—Guaraní, II—Goiás and Minas Gerais (Brazil), III—Rondônia and north-west Mato Grosso (Brazil), IV—The eastern foothills of the Andes in Boliva, V—Peru, IV—North-eastern Brazil, VII—Ecuador.