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Taxon:  Aegilops tauschii Coss.



Summary
Genus:
Aegilops
Section:
Vertebrata
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Subtribe:
Triticinae
Nomen number:
1550
Place of publication:
Notes pl. crit. 69. 1850 ("1849")
Comment:
  • = Aegilops squarrosa auct. (non A. squarrosa L. = A. triuncialis var. triuncialis)
  • valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
07/18/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
586 (505  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) A. Love
Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Hammer, K. 1978. Blütenökologische Merkmale und Reproduktionssystem von Aegilops tauschii Coss. (syn. Ae. squarrosa L.). Kulturpflanze 26:271.
  6. Hammer, K. 1980. Zur Taxonomie und Nomenklatur der Gattung Aegilops L. Feddes Repert. 91:233.
  7. Kilian, B. et al. 2011. Chapter 1. Aegilops. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals. 2011 1-76.
  8. Kilian, B. et al. 2011. Chapter 1. Aegilops. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals. 2011 1-76.
  9. Kimber, G. & M. Feldman. Wild wheat, an introduction. 1987
  10. Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:493.
  11. Liu, D.-C. et al. 2010. Stripe rust resistance in Aegilops tauschii and its genetic analysis. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:325-328.
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  13. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  14. Schneider, A. et al. 2008. Utilisation of Aegilops (goatgrass) species to widen the genetic diversity of cultivated wheat. Euphytica 163:8-9.
  15. Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94-7:326.
  16. Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94-7:82.
  17. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966-
  18. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  20. Yang, W.-Y. et al. 1998. Evaluation of shape Aegilops tauschii Coss for resistance to physiological strains CYR30 and CYR31 of wheat stripe rust in China. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:395-398.
  21. Yen, C. et al. 1983. The distribution of Aegilops tauschii Cosson in China and with reference to the origin of the Chinese common wheat. Proceedings of the 6th International Wheat Genetic Symposium. Kyoto, Japan. 1983 55-58.
Common names
English
rough-spike hard grass –
Tausch's goat grass –
German
kurzgranniges Bartgras –
Transliterated Armenian
aytzagn tztzamagh –
Transliterated Kurdish
agaida –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China [Henan, Shaanxi, Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=1550. Accessed 15 February 2025.

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