- 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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