PLANTS Profile for Triticum spelta (spelt)

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PLANTS Profile

Triticum spelta L.
spelt

Symbol:

TRSP3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France, Paris. Usage Requirements.

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Triticum spelta L.

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Synonyms:
Triticum spelta L.

TRAES

Triticum aestivum L. var. spelta (L.) L.H. Bailey

Distribution:
Triticum spelta L.


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USA (KY, VT)

Related Taxa:
Triticum spelta L.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 19 species in Triticum

Classification:
Triticum spelta L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Triticum L. – wheat
Species	Triticum spelta L. – spelt

Introduced Information:
Triticum spelta L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Triticum spelta L.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42243.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:21 AM CDT