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Triticum

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Also known as wheat genus

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OverviewAI-generated

Triticum is a genus within the family Poaceae, classified under the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, and order Poales. It belongs to the class Liliopsida according to some sources, while others place it in Magnoliopsida. The taxon name is cited as Triticum L.

The genus is native to regions including Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, and Lebanon-Syria. It has been introduced to numerous other areas, such as Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Antipodean Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, and the Baltic States.

Records of Triticum exist in institutions such as GH, DAV, MEL, CM, and SHTC, with specimens documented in Mexico, the United States, Italy, Canada, and Ethiopia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Plants of the World, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Triticum

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria
Observations recorded920,411

Common Name: holdfast

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
909
With media
579
Family
Poaceae
Collections
GH, DAV, MEL, CM, SHTC, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Italy, Canada, Ethiopia, Algeria

Research

47,771 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

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Category:Poaceae genera Category:Pooideae

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Triticum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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