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Wheats
Triticum
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. There are many species of wheat which together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bread Wheat
speciesTriticum aestivum
Rivet Wheat
speciesTriticum turgidum
Einkorn Wheat
speciesTriticum monococcum
Spelt
speciesTriticum spelta
Wild Emmer
speciesTriticum dicoccoides
Club Wheat
speciesTriticum compactum
Timopheev's wheat
speciesTriticum timopheevii
red wild einkorn wheat
speciesTriticum urartu
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
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.458
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.682
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.680
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.315
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.316
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.241
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.735
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.249
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.706
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.367
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.352
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.561
In the stacks
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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 58390.