WHEAT TAXONOMY
Classification of Triticum according to Kimber & Sears 1987, with nomenclatural corrections.
The Kimber & Sears (1987) [reference] genomic classification treats all the wheats as one large genus, Triticum sensu lato. This current genomic concept for wheat taxonomy has its roots in the 1959 Triticum classification of Bowden [reference] and a subsequent revision by Morris & Sears (1967) [reference]. As presented here, the Kimber & Sears treatment incorporates changes made by Kimber & Feldman (1987) and corrects nomenclatural errors. Researchers who follow this genomic concept of the wheats should note that several species names are not validly published. Citations for the Kimber & Sears [reference] classification should also include the reference to Kimber & Feldman (1987).
Triticum L.
1. Diploids (2n = 2x = 14)
GENOME | SPECIES | |
|---|---|---|
A | Triticum monococcum L. | |
Sb | Triticum bicorne Forsskål | |
M | Triticum comosum (Sm. in Sibth. & Sm.) K.Richter | |
C | Triticum dichasians (Zhuk.) Bowden | [not validly published] |
Sl | Triticum longissimum (Schweinf. & Muschl. in Muschl.) Bowden | |
Ss | Triticum searsii (Feldman & Kislev) Feldman | [not validly published] |
Sl | Triticum sharonense (Eig) Feldman & Sears | [not validly published] |
S | Triticum speltoides (Tausch) Gren. ex K. Richter | |
D | Triticum tauschii (Cosson) Schmalh. | [synonymous] |
T | Triticum tripsacoides (Jaub. & Spach) Bowden | |
U | Triticum umbellulatum (Zhuk.) Bowden | |
N | Triticum uniaristatum (Vis.) K.Richter |
2. Allopolyploid wheats (2n = 4x = 28 or 2n = 6x = 42)
GENOME | SPECIES | |
|---|---|---|
BA | Triticum turgidum L. | |
GA | Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk. | |
GAA | Triticum zhukovskyi Menabde & Ericzjan | |
BAD | Triticum aestivum L. |
3. Other allopolyploids (2n = 4x = 28 or 2n = 6x = 42)
GENOME | SPECIES | |
|---|---|---|
UM | Triticum columnare (Zhuk.) Morris & Sears | [not validly published] |
DM | Triticum crassum (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl. | |
DMM | Triticum crassum (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl. | |
CD | Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli | |
DMU | Triticum juvenale Thell. | |
US | Triticum kotschyi (Boiss.) Bowden | [not validly published] |
UM | Triticum macrochaetum (Shuttlew. & A.Huet ex Duval-Jouve) K.Richter | [not validly published] |
UM | Triticum neglectum (Req. ex Bertol.) Greuter | |
UM | Triticum ovatum (L.) Raspail | [ambiguous] |
SU | Triticum peregrinum Hackel in J.Fraser | |
UMN | Triticum rectum (Zhuk.) Bowden | |
DMS | Triticum syriacum Bowden | |
UC | Triticum triunciale (L.) Raspail | |
DN | Triticum ventricosum (Tausch) Ces., Pass. & Gilelli |
