Hordeum is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. The species are native throughout the temperate regions of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas. Species include: …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains ; it was domesticated in the …

Hordeum spontaneum, a weedy plant commonly found throughout the fertile crescent region of the Near East. However, there is evidence to suggest that Hordeum agriocrithon, discovered …

Common barley hails originally from western Asia and north Africa. It is the main grain ingredient in a number of liquors, including beer. It is one of the first documented agricultural cereals, …

The genus Hordeum, the barleys, comprises a group of grass species, the most economically and socially important of which is the cultivated form, Hordeum vulgare, which is the fourth most …

It resembles common barley (Hordeum vulgare) which is an annual usually confined to cultivated areas. Meadow barley is upright, while its closest relative, California barley, is shorter and …

The meaning of HORDEUM is a widely distributed genus of grasses having the flowers in dense spikes often with long-awned glumes and the one-flowered spikelets in clusters of two or three …

May 11, 2021 · Hordeum is a genus of 32 species that grow in temperate and adjacent subtropical areas, at elevations from 0-4500 m. The genus is native to Eurasia, the Americas, and Africa, …

First published in Sp. Pl.: 84 (1753) The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia, N. & S. Africa, N. America to Guatemala, Bermuda, Peru to S. South America.

Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare was first domesticated in western Asia. It is now grown in most temperate parts of the world. In the Flora region, it occurs as a cultivated species that is often …