Summary
Verified:
05/29/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In D. C. Rasmusson, ed., Barley. Agronomy 26:29.
- Englert, J. M. et al. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. 1999-
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
- Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
- Koyama, T. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. 1987
- Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:435.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
- Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
- Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
- University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
- USDA Agricultural Research Service: Sustainable Biofuel and Co-products Research Unit. 2010. Economic competitiveness of renewable fuelds derived from grains and related biomass.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
barley –
French
orge –
orge vulgaire –
German
Gerste –
Saatgerste –
Italian
orzo –
Japanese Rōmaji
ō-mugi –
Portuguese
cevada –
Spanish
cebada –
Transcribed Chinese
da mai –
Transliterated Greek
krithe –
Distribution
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| Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
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| Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
| Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
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Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mauritania, Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zaire
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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MONGOLIA:
Mongolia
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java]
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part], Moldova, Ukraine
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
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REGION:
Canada, Mexico, United States
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
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| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
|---|
| Animal food | fodder | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Environmental | soil improver | | University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). |
| Fuels | potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol | | USDA Agricultural Research Service: Sustainable Biofuel and Co-products Research Unit. 2010. Economic competitiveness of renewable fuelds derived from grains and related biomass. |
| Human food | beverage base | | Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In D. C. Rasmusson, ed., Barley. Agronomy 26:29. |
| Human food | cereal | | Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In D. C. Rasmusson, ed., Barley. Agronomy 26:29. |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 |
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2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19333.
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