*Hordeum vulgare Linnaeus. Common name: Barley. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Cultivated fields, commonly cultivated, rare as a waif. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid taxon. The original wild form is often treated as H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum and the cultivated, non-shattering derivative as ssp. vulgare (Hancock 2004). The wild form was used as a food source since at least 19,000 years ago, and "ssp. vulgare" developed by 8,500 years ago.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FlGr, K4, Meso6, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, WH3, Tucker (1996); = Hordeum nodosum L. — S13; = n/a — Tat; > Hordeum aegiceras Nees ex Royle — G; > Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. spontaneum (K.Koch) Thell.; > Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. vulgare — FNA24; > Hordeum vulgare L. var. trifurcatum (Schltdl.) Alef. — G, HC, Il; > Hordeum vulgare L. var. vulgare — G, HC, Il. Basionym: Hordeum vulgare L. 1753
Links to other floras: > Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare - FNA24
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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native range: Europe, northern Africa & Asia
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