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Aegilops tauschii

Aegilops tauschii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Aegilops
Species: A. tauschii
Binomial name
Aegilops tauschii
Coss.
Synonyms

Aegilops squarrosa auct. non L.
Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) Löve
Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.


Aegilops squarrosa auct. non L.
Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) Löve
Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.

Aegilops tauschii, also known as Tausch's goatgrass and rough-spike hard grass, is an annual grass species.

It is native to temperate Asia and the tropical Asian Indian Subcontinent, the Caucasus region in Eurasia, and Ukraine in Eastern Europe.

Aegilops tauschii is part of the tribe Triticeae, along with wheat and some other cereals.

It is a diploid (2n = 2x = 14, DD) goat grass species which has contributed the D genome in common wheat.


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