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Taxon:  Triticum aestivum L. subsp. spelta (L.) Thell. (Triticum aestivum Spelta Group)



Summary
Genus:
Triticum
Section:
Triticum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Subtribe:
Triticinae
Nomen number:
406903
Place of publication:
Naturwiss. Wochenschr. ser. 2, 17(33):471. 1918
Comment:
[or T. aestivum Spelta Group]
Verified:
03/20/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
89 (88  active, 81  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Triticum aestivum L. (35384 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum (930 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. compactum (Host) Mackey (160 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. macha (Dekapr. & Menabde) Mackey (27 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. sphaerococcum (Percival) Mackey (75 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. tibeticum J. Z. Shao (0 active accession[s])
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. yunnanense King ex S. L. Chen (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Triticum spelta L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Triticum aestivum L. var. spelta (L.) Fiori

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
  1. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  2. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  3. Padulos, S. et al., eds. 1996. Hulled wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 1996- 4:1-269.
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  6. Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94-7:82.
  7. Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94-7:94.
  8. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
dinkel wheat –
hulled wheat –
spelt –
spelt wheat –
French
épeautre –
German
Dinkel –
Spelz –
Italian
farro –
Portuguese
espelta –
Spanish
escaña –
escanda –
espelta –
Swedish
speltvete –
Distribution
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
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=406903. Accessed 29 March 2025.

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