be of allopolyploid origin. Its closest relatives are the diploid (2 n= 2x= 20) species included
with it in section Arachis. An understanding of taxonomic relationships among those species
may allow for more efficient utilization of alien germplasm in applied peanut improvement. A
total of 108 accessions, representing 26 species in section Arachis were genotyped with
AFLP markers. Cluster and principal component analyses of the data supported previous …