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WHEAT TAXONOMY

Classification of Triticum according to Dorofeev et al. 1979, with nomenclatural corrections.

Although the most current monographic treatment of Triticum, the Dorofeev et al. classification [reference] is largely unknown outside of Russia. The classification is controversial, because species status is given to all major domesticated wheats and subspecific or varietal ranking is given to all recognizable morphological forms. Only the species classification is presented here.


Triticum L.

Subgenus Triticum
Section Urartu Dorof. & A.A.Filatenko
Triticum urartu Tumanian ex Gandilyan
Section Dicoccoides Flaksb.
Triticum dicoccoides (Körn. ex Asch. & Graebner) Schweinf.
Triticum dicoccum Schrank ex Schübler
Triticum karamyschevii Nevski
Triticum ispahanicum Heslot
Triticum turgidum L.
Triticum jakubzineri Udaczin & Schachm.
Triticum durum Desf.
Triticum turanicum Jakubz.
Triticum polonicum L.
Triticum aethiopicum Jakubz.
Triticum carthlicum Nevski in Kom.
 Section Triticum
Triticum macha Dekapr. & Menabde
Triticum spelta L.
Triticum vavilovii (Tumanian) Jakubz.
Triticum compactum Host
Triticum aestivum L.
Triticum sphaerococcum Percival
Triticum petropavlovskyi Udaczin & Migush.
Subgenus Boeoticum Migush. & Dorof.
Section Monococcon Dum.
Triticum boeoticum Boiss.
Triticum monococcum L.
Triticum sinskajae A.A.Filatenko & U.K.Kurkiev
Section Timopheevii A.A.Filatenko & Dorof.
Triticum araraticum Jakubz.
Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk.
Triticum zhukovskyi Menabde & Ericzjan
Triticum militinae Zhuk. & Migush.