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Barleys
Hordeum
Hordeum is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. They are native throughout the temperate regions of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas.
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first

wall barley
speciesHordeum murinum

Foxtail Barley
speciesHordeum jubatum

little barley
speciesHordeum pusillum

Common Barley
speciesHordeum vulgare

Meadow barley
speciesHordeum brachyantherum

salt barley
speciesHordeum marinum

Bulbous Barley
speciesHordeum bulbosum

false rye barley
speciesHordeum secalinum

Hordeum brevisubulatum
speciesHordeum brevisubulatum

wild barley
speciesHordeum spontaneum

dwarf barley
speciesHordeum depressum

Hordeum muticum
speciesHordeum muticum

bobtail barley
speciesHordeum intercedens

Hordeum comosum
speciesHordeum comosum

Hordeum stenostachys
speciesHordeum stenostachys

Hordeum bogdanii
speciesHordeum bogdanii

Hordeum roshevitzii
speciesHordeum roshevitzii

Antarctic barley
speciesHordeum pubiflorum

Cape Wild Barley
speciesHordeum capense

California barley
speciesHordeum californicum

Hordeum procerum
speciesHordeum procerum
Arizona Barley
speciesHordeum arizonicum
Hordeum patagonicum
speciesHordeum patagonicum
Hordeum cordobense
speciesHordeum cordobense
Hordeum erectifolium
speciesHordeum erectifolium
Hordeum parodii
speciesHordeum parodii
Hordeum brachyatherum
speciesHordeum brachyatherum
Hordeum aegiceras
speciesHordeum aegiceras
Hordeum adscendens
speciesHordeum adscendens
Hordeum fuegianum
speciesHordeum fuegianum
Hordeum lechleri
speciesHordeum lechleri
Argentine barley
speciesHordeum euclaston
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.140

Garden of Health
1507 · p.234

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.472

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.473

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.471

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.470

On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.243

De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.251

On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.710

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.369

History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.242

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.354
In the stacks
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Every page naming Hordeum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52797.