Taxon: Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.

See other conspecific taxa:

• Triticum turgidum (1 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum (97 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides (928 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon (618 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. paleocolchicum (4 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum (81 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum (106 accessions)
• Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum (458 accessions)

Common names:

• durum wheat   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• hard wheat   (Source: Pap AU Wagen 94-7:91) – English
  
• kamut   (Source: L. Morrison, p.c. [via email on 19 Dec 2002]) – English
  
• macaroni wheat   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• ying li xiao mai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• blé dur   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – French
  
• Durumweizen   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – German
  
• Glasweizen   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – German
  
• Makkaroniweizen   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – German
  
• trigo-duro   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – Portuguese
  
• trigo moruno   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – Spanish
  
• trigo-duro   (Source: Dict Rehm [as T. durum]) – Spanish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: cereal; starch   (fide Cornucopia, as T. durum)
  

Distributional range:

• only cultivated

References:

• Grubben, G. J. H. & S. Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 10:140.
• Morrison, L. 2002. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm) [= T. durum].
• Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94–7:91.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Synonyms:

• (≡) Gigachilon polonicum subsp. durum (Desf.) Á. Löve
  
• (≡) Triticum durum Desf. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 8389 accessions)
• (=) Triticum durum var. apulicum (Körn.) Stolet.
  
• (=) Triticum durum var. fere-alexandrinum Jakubz. & Nikolaenko
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Triticum durum var. hordeiforme (Host) Metzg.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Triticum durum var. leucomelan Diamantis, nom. inval.
  
• (=) Triticum durum var. leucurum (Alef.) Stolet.
  
• (=) Triticum durum var. melanopus (Alef.) Stolet.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Triticum hordeiforme Host
  
• (=) Triticum pyramidale Percival
  
• (=) Triticum pyramidale var. pseudocompressum Percival
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Triticum pyramidale var. pseudocopticum Percival
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Triticum turgidum var. durum (Desf.) Bowden
  (previously associated with 39 accessions)
• (=) Triticum vulgare var. aegyptiacum Körn.
  

Check other databases for Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Caryopses: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Caryopses: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Typical spikes: National Small Grains Collection image

More:

• 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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