Triticum aestivum L.

POACEAE

- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Triticum aestivum L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 85 (1753)
Rank: species

Images of Triticum aestivum

Common names

U.S. name: Common wheat

English name: bread wheat

English name: club wheat

Spanish name: trigo maka

French name: froment

Italian name: Grano tenero

German name: Zwergweizen

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Triticum hybernum L.
= Triticum macha Dekap. & Menab.
= Triticum sativum Lam.
= Triticum sphaerococcum Percival
= Triticum vulgare Vill.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Triticum aestivum L. var. spelta (L.) L.H. Bailey

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triticum
Species:

Page counter: 1569 ( AVG: 223.88 / 293.329 )

Gallery:

Triticum aestivum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Triticum aestivum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Graz, centro urbano, Orto Botanico, Istituto di Botanica, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Stiria, Austria, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Triticum aestivum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

Triticum aestivum
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Triticum aestivum
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Triticum aestivum
Credit: Photo by Gianluca Nicolella - http://www.actaplantarum.org

Triticum aestivum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Triticum aestivum
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image

Triticum aestivum
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Triticum aestivum
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Triticum aestivum
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Triticum aestivum
Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Distributional map for Triticum aestivum L.
Map for Triticum aestivum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Triticum aestivum L. var. spelta (L.) L.H. Bailey [223]
2) Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli [257]
3) Triticum dicoccon (Schrank) Schübl. [235]
4) Triticum monococcum L. [excluded] [475]
5) Triticum polonicum L. [excluded] [1004]
6) Triticum spelta L. [3237]
7) Triticum urartu Thumanian ex Gandilyan [298]
8) Trollius laxus Salisb. [709]
9) Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr. [238]
10) Tulipa sylvestris L. [2858]

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