Hordeum vulgare L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Frumentum hordeum E.H.L.Krause; Hordeum polystichon var. vulgare (L.) Döll; Hordeum sativum Jess.; Hordeum sativum subsp. vulgare (L.) K.Richt.; Hordeum vulgare subsp. antasiaticum Bachteev
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hordeum vulgare L.
  • Common name : Six-rowed Barley, Barley
  • Vernacular name :
    • Yavam, Barley (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated throughout the world
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs; roots fibrous; Leaves scaberulous with two auricles at base; sheaths glabrous, striate; Spikes erect, decurved at maturity, compressed, irregularly quadrangular; spikelets in threes, seated in the cavities of the inarticulate rachis, 1-flowered.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Afghanistan, China, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan,
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, China, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 291
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hordeum vulgare. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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