Aegilops tauschii

Aegilops tauschii, the Tausch's goatgrass or rough-spike hard grass, is an annual grass species.[1] It is native to Crimea, the Caucasus region, western and Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalaya, and parts of China, and has been introduced to other locales, including California.[2]

Aegilops tauschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Aegilops
Species:
A. tauschii
Binomial name
Aegilops tauschii
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Aegilops strangulata (Eig) Tzvelev
    • Aegilops tauschii var. anathera (Eig) K.Hammer
    • Aegilops tauschii f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer
    • Aegilops tauschii f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
    • Aegilops tauschii var. meyeri (Griseb.) Tzvelev
    • Aegilops tauschii convar. paleidenticulata Gandilyan
    • Aegilops tauschii var. paleidenticulata (Gandilyan) K.Hammer
    • Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) Á.Löve
    • Patropyrum tauschii subsp. salinum (Zhuk.) Á.Löve
    • Patropyrum tauschii subsp. strangulatum (Eig) Á.Löve
    • Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.

Taxonomy

Aegilops tauschii is part of the tribe Triticeae, along with wheat. It is a diploid (2n=2x=14, DD) goat grass species[3] which has contributed the D genome to common wheat.[4]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Aegilops tauschii subsp. strangulata (Eig) Tzvelev – western part of range
  • Aegilops tauschii subsp. tauschii

References
  1. "Aegilops tauschii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. "Aegilops tauschii Coss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. Jia, Jizeng; Zhao, Shancen; Kong, Xiuying; Li, Yingrui; Zhao, Guangyao; He, Weiming; Appels, Rudi; Pfeifer, Matthias; Tao, Yong (2013-04-04). "Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation". Nature. 496 (7443): 91–95. Bibcode:2013Natur.496...91.. doi:10.1038/nature12028. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 23535592.
  4. Kishii, Masahiro (2019-05-09). "An Update of Recent Use of Aegilops Species in Wheat Breeding". Frontiers in Plant Science. Frontiers Media SA. 10: 585. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00585. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 6521781. PMID 31143197.


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