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						 Wheat taxonomy - two schemes  | 
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						 Genome(s)  | 
						
						 Genetic (GRIN Taxonomy for Plants)  | 
						
						 Traditional (Dorofeev et al. 1979)  | 
					
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						 Diploid (2x), Wild, Hulled  | 
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						 Wild einkorn  | 
						
						 Am  | 
						
						 Triticum boeoticum Boiss.  | 
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						 Au  | 
						
						 Triticum urartu Tumanian ex Gandilyan  | 
						
						 Triticum urartu Tumanian ex Gandilyan  | 
					
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						 Diploid (2x), Domesticated, Hulled  | 
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						 Einkorn  | 
						
						 Am  | 
						
						 Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum  | 
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						 Tetraploid (4x), Wild, Hulled  | 
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						 Wild emmer  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccoides (Korn. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Thell  | 
						
						 Triticum dicoccoides (Körn. ex Asch. & Graebner) Schweinf.  | 
					
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						 Tetraploid (4x), Domesticated, Hulled  | 
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						 Emmer  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccum (Schrank ex Schübl.) Thell  | 
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						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum ispahanicum Heslot  | 
						
						 Triticum ispahanicum Heslot  | 
					
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						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum karamyschevii Nevski  | 
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						 Tetraploid (4x), Domesticated, Free-threshing  | 
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						 Durum or macaroni wheat  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.  | 
						
						 Triticum durum Desf.  | 
					
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						 Rivet, cone or English wheat  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. turgidum  | 
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						 Polish wheat  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
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						 Khorasan wheat  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. turanicum (Jakubz.) Á. & D. Löve  | 
						
						 Triticum turanicum Jakubz.  | 
					
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						 Persian wheat  | 
						
						 BAu  | 
						
						 Triticum turgidum L. subsp. carthlicum (Nevski) Á. & D. Löve  | 
						
						 Triticum carthlicum Nevski in Kom.  | 
					
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						 Tetraploid (4x) - timopheevi group  | 
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						 Wild, Hulled  | 
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						 GAm  | 
						
						 Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk. subsp. armeniacum (Jakubz.) Slageren  | 
						
						 Triticum araraticum Jakubz.  | 
					
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						 Domesticated, Hulled  | 
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						 GAm  | 
						
						 Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk. subsp. timopheevii  | 
						
						 Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk.  | 
					
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						 Hexaploid (6x), Domesticated, Hulled  | 
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						 Spelt wheat  | 
						
						 BAuD  | 
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						 BAuD  | 
						
						 Triticum aestivum L. subsp. macha (Dekapr. & A. M. Menabde) Mackey  | 
						
						 Triticum macha Dekapr. & Menabde  | 
					
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						 BAuD  | 
						
						 Triticum vavilovii Jakubz.  | 
						
						 Triticum vavilovii (Tumanian) Jakubz.  | 
					
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						 Hexaploid (6x), Domesticated, Free-threshing  | 
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						 Common or bread wheat  | 
						
						 BAuD  | 
						
						 Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum  | 
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						 Club wheat  | 
						
						 BAuD  | 
						
						 Triticum aestivum L. subsp. compactum (Host) Mackey  | 
						
						 Triticum compactum Host  | 
					
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						 Indian dwarf or shot wheat  | 
						
						 BAuD  | 
						
						 Triticum aestivum L. subsp. sphaerococcum (Percival) Mackey  | 
						
						 Triticum sphaerococcum Percival  | 
					
Note: Blank common name indicates that no common name is in use in the English language.
Triticum boeoticum Boiss. is sometimes divided into two subspecies:
T. boeoticum Boiss. subsp. thaoudar (Reut. ex Hausskn.) E. Schiem. - with two grains in each spikelet, distributed to east of fertile crescent.
T. boeoticum Boiss. subsp. boeoticum - one grain in each spikelet, in Balkans.
Triticum aethiopicum Jakubz. is a variant form of T. durum found in Ethiopia. It is not usually regarded as a separate species.
Triticum karamyschevii Nevsky was previously known as Triticum paleocolchicum A. M. Menabde.