Triticum aestivum

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Family:POACEAE
Species:Triticum aestivum L.
Common Name:Bread Wheat
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:TRAE
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Triticum
Species Triticum aestivum L. - Bread Wheat

Citation

Citation Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 85. 1753., nom. cons. vs. Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. Clifford 24(Triticum 3) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Bowden, Canad. J. Bot. 37: 674. 1959.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Frumentum triticum Frumentum triticum E. H. L. Krause, Bot. Centralbl. 73: 339. 1898, nom. illegit.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum aegyptiacum Triticum aegyptiacum Mazzucato, Sopra Alc. Sp. Frum. 47, pl. 3. 1807.  
Triticum aestivum , var. hybernum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, var. hybernum (Linnaeus) Fiori, in Fiori & Paoletti, Fl. Italia 1: 107. 1896.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, subsp. compactum (Host) Thellung, Naturwiss. Wochenschr. 17: 471. 1918.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum aestivum subsp. hybernum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, subsp. hybernum (Linnaeus) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 230. 1932.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum aestivum subsp. vulgare Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, subsp. vulgare (Villars) Thellung, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 38: 142. 1912.Triticum vulgare Villars 1787. 
Triticum aestivum subsp. vulgare Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, subsp. vulgare (Ascherson & Graebner) Thellung, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 38: 142. 1912, nom. inadmiss.Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, subsp. vulgare Ascherson & Graebner 1901; Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. illegit.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum aestivum var. compactum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, var. compactum (Host) Fiori, in Fiori & Paoletti, Fl. Italia 1: 107. 1896.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum aestivum var. erythrospermum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, var. erythrospermum (Körnicke) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 229. 1932.Triticum vulgare Villars, var. erythrospermum Körnicke 1873. 
Triticum aestivum var. typicum Triticum aestivum Linnaeus, var. typicum Fiori, in Fiori & Paoletti, Fl. Italia 1: 107. 1896, nom. inadmiss.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum cereale Triticum cereale Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 387. 1789, nom. illegit.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum cereale var. aestivum Triticum cereale Schrank, var. aestivum (Linnaeus) Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 387. 1789.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum cereale var. hybernum Triticum cereale Schrank, var. hybernum (Linnaeus) Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 387. 1789.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum compactum Triticum compactum Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 4, t. 7. 1809. AUSTRIA
Triticum creticum Triticum creticum Mazzucato, Sopra Alc. Sp. Frum. 2, pl. 2. 1807.  
Triticum hybernum Triticum hybernum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 86. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. Without data, Herb. Clifford 24(Triticum 2) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Hanelt et al., Taxon 32: 492, 496. 1983.
Triticum imberbe Triticum imberbe Desvaux, Opusc. Sci. Phys. Nat. 166. 1831, nom. illegit.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum orientale Triticum orientale Percival, Wheat Pl. Monogr. 155, 204, f. 134. 1921, non Marschall von Bieberstein 1808.  
Triticum persicum Triticum persicum Vavilov, in Zhukov, Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekc. 13: 46. 1923, non Aitchison & Hemsley 1888.  
Triticum pyramidale Triticum pyramidale Percival, Wheat Pl. Monogr. 156, 262, f. 161-162. 1921. EGYPT
Triticum sativum Triticum sativum Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 3: 625. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum sativum subsp. vulgare Triticum sativum Lamarck, subsp. vulgare (Ascherson & Graebner) Hiitonen, Suom. Kasvio 224. 1933, nom. inadmiss.Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, subsp. vulgare Ascherson & Graebner 1901; Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. illegit.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum sativum var. aestivum Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. aestivum A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 2. 619. 1847.  
Triticum sativum var. compactum Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. compactum (Host) Desvaux, Opusc. Sci. Phys. Nat. 164. 1831.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum sativum var. erythrospermum Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. erythrospermum (Körnicke) Degen, Fl. Veleb. 1: 575. 1936.Triticum vulgare Villars, var. erythrospermum Körnicke 1873. 
Triticum sativum var. hybernum Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. hybernum A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 2. 619. 1847, non (Linnaeus) Saint-Amans 1821.  
Triticum sativum var. hybernum Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. hybernum (Linnaeus) Saint-Amans, Fl. Agen. 53. 1821.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum sativum var. vulgare Triticum sativum Lamarck, var. vulgare Desvaux, Opusc. Sci. Phys. Nat. 162. 1831, nom. illegit.Triticum cereale Schrank, var. aestivum (Linnaeus) Baumgarten 1817; Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. illegit.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum segetale Triticum segetale Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 27. 1796, nom. illegit.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum tenax subsp. compactum Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, subspr. compactum (Host) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 686. 1901.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum tenax subsp. vulgare Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, subsp. vulgare Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 683. 1901.Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. illegit.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum tenax var. aegyptiacum Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, var. aegyptiacum (Mazzucato) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 684. 1901.Triticum aegyptiacum Mazzucato 1807. 
Triticum tenax var. creticum Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, var. creticum (Mazzucato) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 687. 1901.Triticum creticum Mazzucato 1807. 
Triticum tenax var. erythrospermum Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, var. erythrospermum (Körnicke) Ascherson & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 685. 1901.Triticum vulgare Villars, var. erythrospermum Körnicke 1873. 
Triticum vulgare Triticum vulgare Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphine 2: 153. 1787, nom. illegit.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum vulgare subsp. compactum Triticum vulgare Villars, subsp. compactum (Host) Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 182. 1833.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum vulgare subsp. euvulgare Triticum vulgare Villars, subsp. euvulgare Brand, in W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3. 2792. 1907, nom. inadmiss.Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. inadmiss.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus) 
Triticum vulgare var. aestivum Triticum vulgare Villars, var. aestivum (Linnaeus) Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 1: 163. 1825.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Triticum vulgare var. compactum Triticum vulgare Villars, var. compactum (Host) Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 1: 163. 1825.Triticum compactum Host 1809. 
Triticum vulgare var. creticum Triticum vulgare Villars, var. creticum (Mazzucato) Seringe, Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Lyon 5: 142. 1842.Triticum creticum Mazzucato 1807. 
Triticum vulgare var. erythrospermum Triticum vulgare Villars, var. erythrospermum Körnicke, Syst. Uebers. Cereal. 11. 1873. GERMANY
Triticum vulgare var. hybernum Triticum vulgare Villars, var. hybernum (Linnaeus) Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 1: 163. 1825.Triticum hybernum Linnaeus 1753. 
Zeia vulgaris Zeia vulgaris (Ascherson & Graebner) Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226. 1915, nom. illegit.Triticum tenax (Hackel) Ascherson & Graebner, subsp. vulgare Ascherson & Graebner 1901; Triticum vulgare Villars 1787, nom. illegit.; Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 
Zeia vulgaris var. aestiva Zeia vulgaris (Ascherson & Graebner) Lunell, var. aestiva (Linnaeus) Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226. 1915.Triticum aestivum Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 1969

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
USAM000012781 Baldwin 20 Apr 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7646		 USAM
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000029627 Baldwin 15 May 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
627		 TROY
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
JSU105551 Blount 29 May 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
280		 JSU
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
JSU105552 Blount 28 May 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4038		 JSU
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000012861 Butler 06 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17512		 TROY
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000012862 Butler 10 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17531		 TROY
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
UWAL0010089 Butler 10 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21884		 UWAL
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
TROY000027593 Calhoun 13 May 1976 Wayner, Gary A.
616		 TROY
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
JSU105553 Calhoun 27 May 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11132		 JSU
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
JSU105554 Calhoun 12 May 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
447		 JSU
Triticum aestivum Linnaeus
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