red wild einkorn
Triticum urartu Thumanjan ex Gandilyan
Triticum urartu, known as red wild einkorn, is a diploid grass species native to western Asia. It is a relative of wheat and contributes the A genome to hexaploid bread wheat Triticum aestivum.
Description
Triticum urartu, described by Thumanjan ex Gandilyan and published in 1972, belongs to the Poaceae family. It is distributed across regions including Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, the Transcaucasus, and Turkey. This species is a form of einkorn wheat and is one of the ancestral genomes of modern bread wheat. Its genome is part of the AABBDD structure of Triticum aestivum, where it provides the A genome. Triticum urartu plays a significant role in wheat genetics and agricultural research.
Other common names
red wild einkornwheat
Distribution
Global · Iran · Iraq · Lebanon-Syria · Palestine · Transcaucasus · Turkey
Synonyms
Crithodium urartuTriticum michaeliiTriticum monococcum subsp. michaeliiTriticum urartu var. binarturutriruTriticum urartu var. libanicumTriticum urartu var. pubescentinigrumTriticum urartu var. pubescentiurartuTriticum urartu var. turcicumTriticum boeoticum subsp. urartuTriticum monococcum subsp. urartuTriticum boeoticum subsp. uruartuTriticum monococcum subsp. uruartuTriticum urartu var. nigrumTriticum urartu var. sardashticumTriticum urartu var. spontaneoalbumTriticum urartu var. iranicumTriticum urartu var. albonigricansTriticum urartu var. binartulutriruTriticum urartu var. spontaneorubrum
