Taxonomy of Wheat - Table of Wheat Species

Table of Wheat Species

Wheat taxonomy - two schemes
Common name Genome(s) Genetic (GRIN Taxonomy for Plants ) Traditional (Dorofeev et al. 1979 )
Diploid (2x), Wild, Hulled
Wild einkorn Am Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides Triticum boeoticum
Au Triticum urartu Triticum urartu
Diploid (2x), Domesticated, Hulled
Einkorn Am Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum Triticum monococcum
Tetraploid (4x), Wild, Hulled
Wild emmer BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides Triticum dicoccoides
Tetraploid (4x), Domesticated, Hulled
Emmer BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum Triticum dicoccum
BAu Triticum ispahanicum Triticum ispahanicum
BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. paleocolchicum Triticum karamyschevii
Tetraploid (4x), Domesticated, Free-threshing
Durum or macaroni wheat BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. durum Triticum durum
Rivet or cone wheat BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum Triticum turgidum
Polish wheat BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum Triticum polonicum
Khorasan wheat BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum Triticum turanicum
Persian wheat BAu Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum Triticum carthlicum
Tetraploid (4x) - timopheevi group
Wild, Hulled
GAm Triticum timopheevii subsp. armeniacum Triticum araraticum
Domesticated, Hulled
GAm Triticum timopheevii subsp. timopheevii Triticum timopheevii
Hexaploid (6x), Domesticated, Hulled
Spelt wheat BAuD Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta Triticum spelta
BAuD Triticum aestivum subsp. macha Triticum macha
BAuD Triticum vavilovii Triticum vavilovii
Hexaploid (6x), Domesticated, Free-threshing
Common or bread wheat BAuD Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum Triticum aestivum
Club wheat BAuD Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum Triticum compactum
Indian dwarf or shot wheat BAuD Triticum aestivum subsp. sphaerococcum Triticum sphaerococcum

Note: Blank common name indicates that no common name is in use in the English language.

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