Taxon: Aegilops speltoides Tausch

See also subordinate taxa:

• Aegilops speltoides var. ligustica (23 accessions)
• Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides (28 accessions)

Common names:

• himri   (Source: Pap AU Wagen ) – Transliterated Kurdish   [Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  
• nimri   (Source: Pap AU Wagen ) – Transliterated Kurdish   [Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  
• tandat bockvete   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Wild Wheat 24-26. 1987, as Triticum speltoides; F Iraq 9:188. 1968)
  
• Gene sources: disease resistance for wheat   (to leaf and stem rust fide Wild Wheat)
  
• Gene sources: pest resistance for wheat   (fide Euphytica 163:8-9. 2008)
  
• Gene sources: progenitor of B-genome in wheat   (fide Mol Biol Evol 24:225. 2007)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of wheat   (fide Pap AU Wagen 94-7:309. 1994)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran [w.]; Iraq; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Greece

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Hammer, K. 1980. Zur Taxonomie und Nomenklatur der Gattung Aegilops L. Feddes Repert. 91:247.
• Kilian, B. et al. 2007. Independent wheat B and G genome origins in outcrossing Aegilops progenitor haplotypes. Molec. Biol. Evol. 24:217–227.
• Kimber, G. & M. Feldman. 1987. Wild wheat, an introduction. [= Triticum speltoides (Tausch) Gren. ex K. Richt.].
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:491. [= Sitopsis speltoides (Tausch) Á. Löve].
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Schneider, A. et al. 2008. Utilisation of Aegilops (goatgrass) species to widen the genetic diversity of cultivated wheat. Euphytica 163:8–9.
• Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94–7:309.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1968. Flora of Iraq. 9:188.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Zohary, D. & D. Imber. 1963. Genetic dimorphism in fruit types in Aegilops speltoides. Heredity 18:223.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aegilops speltoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aegilops speltoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aegilops speltoides.

Synonyms:

• Aegilops aucheri Boiss. [= Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Aegilops ligustica (Savign.) Coss. [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. ligustica]
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• Aegilops macrura Jaub. & Spach [= Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  
• Aegilops speltoides var. aucheri (Boiss.) Fiori [= Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  (previously associated with 29 accessions)
• Agropyron ligusticum Savign. [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. ligustica]
  
• Sitopsis speltoides (Tausch) Á. Löve [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  
• Triticum ligusticum (Savign.) Bertol. [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. ligustica]
  
• Triticum speltoides (Tausch) Gren. ex K. Richt. [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• Triticum speltoides var. aucheri (Boiss.) Asch. [= Aegilops speltoides var. speltoides]
  (previously associated with 18 accessions)
• Triticum speltoides subsp. ligustica (Savign.) Chennav. [≡ Aegilops speltoides var. ligustica]
  (previously associated with 20 accessions)

Check other web resources for Aegilops speltoides Tausch:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Typical spikes: National Small Grains Collection image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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