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Taxon: Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare

Genus: Hordeum subgenus: Hordeum section: Hordeum
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Triticeae.
Nomen number: 19333
Name verified on: 29-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Aug-2004
Species priority site is: National Small Grains Collection (NSGC).
Accessions: 31883 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Common names:

  • barley   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • da mai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • orge   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • orge vulgaire   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  • Gerste   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Saatgerste   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • krithe   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Greek
  • orzo   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  • ō-mugi   (Source: Grass Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • cevada   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • cebada   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: soil improver   (fide Cover Crop Database)
  • Human food: beverage base   (fide Agron. Mon. 29. 1985)
  • Human food: cereal   (fide Agron. Mon. 29. 1985)
  • Animal food: fodder   (fide CultTropS)
  • Fuels: potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol   (fide web document)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock when infected with certain fungi, fide Kingsbury)
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Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Mauritania; Nigeria [n.]
    South Tropical Africa: Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: South Africa
    Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    Mongolia: Mongolia
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
    China: China
    Eastern Asia: Japan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan
    Indo-China: Myanmar [c.]; Thailand
    Malesia: Indonesia - Java [e.]
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
    East Europe: Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Croatia; Italy [incl. Sardinia]; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Canada
    Mexico
    United States
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Bolivia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay

References:

  • Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In: American Society of Agronomy, Agronomy; a series of monographs. 26:29.
  • Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
  • Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
  • Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions.
  • Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:435.
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
  • Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics.
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
  • Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
  • USDA Agricultural Research Service: Sustainable Biofuel and Co-products Research Unit. 2010. Economic competitiveness of renewable fuelds derived from grains and related biomass. [re. potential use as fuel substitute].
  • University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

Synonyms:


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