Taxon: Triticum aestivum L. subsp. spelta (L.) Thell.

Genus:

Triticum

Section:

Triticum

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Triticinae

Nomen number:

406903

Place of publication:

Naturwiss. Wochenschr. ser. 2, 17(33):471. 1918

Link to protologue:

Comment:

[or T. aestivum Spelta Group]

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:

(≡) Triticum aestivum var. spelta (L.) Fiori
(=) Triticum arduini Mazzuc.
(=) Triticum duhamelianum Mazzuc.
(=) Triticum palmovae G. I. Ivanov
Basionym: Triticum spelta L.
(=) Triticum spelta f. ramososchenkii Flaksb.
(=) Triticum spelta var. albiduhamelinum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. albispicatum Flaksb., nom. inval.
(=) Triticum spelta var. albivelutinum Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. album (Alef.) Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. alefeldii Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. amissum Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. arduini (Mazzuc.) Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. arpurual Gandilyan, nom. inval.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asiaalbispicatum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asiaalbivelutinum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asiamissum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asicaeruleum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asiduhamelianum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asineglectum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asirescens Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. asirubrivelutinum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. caeruleum (Alef.) Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. dekaprelevichii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. dorofeevii Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. duhamelianum (Mazzuc.) Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. flaksbergeri Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. griseoturanorecens Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. isfaralbispicatum Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. ispharaecum Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. ispharobaktiaricum Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. jakubzineri Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. karabachicum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. marinae Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. menabdii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. mupuluniru Gandilyan, nom. illeg.
(=) Triticum spelta var. mustaphaevii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. mutica ined.
(=) Triticum spelta var. neglectum Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. pseudosharkordii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. recens Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. rubrivelutinum Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. samuricum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. schaartusicum Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. schemachinicum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. schenkii Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. serotinum ined.
(=) Triticum spelta var. sinskajae Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. subbaktiaricum Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. subbuldojii Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. subsharkordii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. tarakanovii Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. taschausicum Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. thumanianii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. turanalborescens Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. turanalefeldii Udachin
(=) Triticum spelta var. vavilovii Dorof.
(=) Triticum spelta var. viridalbispicatum Jakubz.
(=) Triticum spelta var. viridarduini Jakubz. & Puchalski
(=) Triticum spelta var. vulpinum (Alef.) Körn.
(=) Triticum spelta var. zhukovskyi Dorof.
(=) Triticum vulgare var. coeruleum Alef.
(=) Triticum vulgare var. vulpinum Alef.

Common names:

dinkel wheat (Source: Cornucopia) - English
hulled wheat (Source: Prom Underused Crops) - English
spelt (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
spelt wheat (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
épeautre (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
Dinkel (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
Spelz (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
farro (Source: Prom Underused Crops) - Italian
espelta (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
escaña (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
escanda (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
espelta (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
speltvete (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Human food: cereal (fide L Edible Pl, as T. spelta)
Human food: starch (fide L Edible Pl, as T. spelta)
Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as T. spelta)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(only cult.)

References:

Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 (Cornucopia)
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
Padulos, S. et al., eds. 1996. Hulled wheats (Prom Underused Crops) 4:1-269.
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Check other web resources for Triticum aestivum L. subsp. spelta (L.) Thell. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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=406903. Accessed 3 abril 2025.