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Wheat Taxonomy

Classification of Triticum according to Nevski 1934.

Nevski's classification of Triticum for the 1934 edition of the Flora of the USSR [reference] departed from the concurrent treatment of Flaksberger [reference] in several respects. Nevski moved T. polonicum to its own Section and raised two ecogeographic forms of T. dicoccum, "armeniacum" and "volgense", to species status. His other contributions to Triticum taxonomy are not as well known. In 1935, he suggested changing his Section Crithodium to Monococcon Dumort. Nevski was among the first European triticologists to use the correct Linnaean name for hexaploid bread wheat, T. aestivum L. Unfortunately, Nevski's untimely death in 1938 from tuberculosis interrupted his work; he was only 27. Nevski's classification is presented here in its original form with corrections in spelling and authority citations.

Triticum L.

Section Crithodium Nevski
	Triticum thaoudar Reuter in Bourg. ex Hausskn.
	Triticum monococcum L.
	Triticum monococcum L.
Section Orthatherum Nevski
	Triticum dicoccoides (Körn. ex Asch. & Graebner) Schweinf.
	Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk.
	Triticum armeniacum (Stolet.) Nevski
	Triticum volgense (Flaksb.) Nevski
	Triticum turgidum L.
	Triticum durum Desf.
	Triticum carthlicum Nevski
Section Spelta Nevski
	Triticum macha Dekapr. & Menabde
	Triticum spelta L.
	Triticum compactum Host
	Triticum aestivum L.
Section Gigachilon Nevski
	Triticum polonicum L.