Taxon: Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccoides (Korn. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Thell.

Genus:

Triticum

Section:

Dicoccoidea

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Triticinae

Nomen number:

406900

Place of publication:

Naturwiss. Wochenschr. ser. 2, 17(33):470. 1918

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

20-mar-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 14-jul-2010

Species priority site is:

National Small Grains Collection (NSGC)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(≡) Gigachilon polonicum subsp. dicoccoides (Körn. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Á. Löve
(≡) Triticum dicoccoides (Körn. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Schweinf.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides f. hirtiglumis Nábelek
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. aaronsohnii (Flaksb.) Percival
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. arabicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. araxicum Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. ferearabicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. ferevavilovii Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. fulvovillosum Percival
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. hermonicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. incertaaronsohnii Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. jordanicum Vavilov
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. koernickei Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. kotschyanum Percival
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. macraaronsohnii Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. nachitschevanicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. namuricum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. nigricans Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. nigrum Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. palestinicum Vavilov
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudoaaronsohnii Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudoarabicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudoaraxicum Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudoarmeniacum Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudojordanicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudokotschyi Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. pseudostraussianum Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. rufovillosum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. safedicum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. schweinfurthii Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. spontaneonigrum (Flaksb.) Percival
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. spontaneovillosum (Flaksb.) Percival
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. spontaneum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. straussianum (A. Schulz) Tumanian
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. syriacum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. thumanianii Jakubz.
(=) Triticum dicoccoides var. vavilovii Jakubz.
Basionym: Triticum sativum var. dicoccoides Körn. ex Asch. & Graebn.

Common names:

wild emmer (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
wild emmer wheat (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
wilder Emmer (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
escaña silvestre (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Gene sources: potential for disease resistance in wheat (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 45:47-56. 1998, as T. dicoccoides)
Gene sources: primary genetic relative of emmer (tetraploid fide Kuckuck 1982, as T. dicoccoides)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Iran (w.), Iraq (n.), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (e.)

References:

Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Check other web resources for Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccoides (Korn. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Thell. :

ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=406900. Accessed 1 abril 2025.