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Wheat Taxonomy

Wheat Taxonomy

Classification of Triticum according to Kimber & Sears 1987, with nomenclatural corrections.

The Kimber & Sears (1987) [reference] genomic classification treats all the wheats as one large genus, Triticum sensu lato. This current genomic concept for wheat taxonomy has its roots in the 1959 Triticum classification of Bowden [reference] and a subsequent revision by Morris & Sears (1967) [reference]. As presented here, the Kimber & Sears treatment incorporates changes made by Kimber & Feldman (1987) and corrects nomenclatural errors. Researchers who follow this genomic concept of the wheats should note that several species names are not validly published. Citations for the Kimber & Sears [reference] classification should also include the reference to Kimber & Feldman (1987).

Triticum L.

1. Diploids (2n = 2x = 14)

GENOME SPECIES
A Triticum monococcum L.
Sb Triticum bicorne Forsskål
M Triticum comosum (Sm. in Sibth. & Sm.) K.Richter
C Triticum dichasians (Zhuk.) Bowden [not validly published]
Sl Triticum longissimum (Schweinf. & Muschl. in Muschl.) Bowden
Ss Triticum searsii (Feldman & Kislev) Feldman [not validly published]
Sl Triticum sharonense (Eig) Feldman & Sears [not validly published]
S Triticum speltoides (Tausch) Gren. ex K. Richter
D Triticum tauschii (Cosson) Schmalh. [synonymous]
T Triticum tripsacoides (Jaub. & Spach) Bowden
U Triticum umbellulatum (Zhuk.) Bowden
N Triticum uniaristatum (Vis.) K.Richter

2. Allopolyploid wheats (2n = 4x = 28 or 2n = 6x = 42)

GENOME SPECIES
BA Triticum turgidum L.
GA Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk.
GAA Triticum zhukovskyi Menabde & Ericzjan
BAD Triticum aestivum L.

3. Other allopolyploids (2n = 4x = 28 or 2n = 6x = 42)

GENOME SPECIES
UM Triticum columnare (Zhuk.) Morris & Sears [not validly published]
DM Triticum crassum (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl.
DMM Triticum crassum (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl.
CD Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
DMU Triticum juvenale Thell.
US Triticum kotschyi (Boiss.) Bowden [not validly published]
UM Triticum macrochaetum (Shuttlew. & A.Huet ex Duval-Jouve) K.Richter [not validly published]
UM Triticum neglectum (Req. ex Bertol.) Greuter
UM Triticum ovatum (L.) Raspail [ambiguous]
SU Triticum peregrinum Hackel in J.Fraser
UMN Triticum rectum (Zhuk.) Bowden
DMS Triticum syriacum Bowden
UC Triticum triunciale (L.) Raspail
DN Triticum ventricosum (Tausch) Ces., Pass. & Gilelli
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