? Hordeum
Hordeum vulgare f. distichon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Hordeum L.

Hordeum is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial grasses, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, temperate South America, and also South Africa. Image File history File links Hordeum_distichon0. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families (APG) Anarthriaceae Bromeliaceae Centrolepidaceae Cyperaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae Flagellariaceae Hydatellaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae Mayacaceae Poaceae Rapateaceae Restionaceae Sparganiaceae Thurniaceae Typhaceae Xyridaceae The Poales is a cosmopolitan order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ... Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Subfamilies There are 7 subfamilies: Subfamily Arundinoideae Subfamily Bambusoideae Subfamily Centothecoideae Subfamily Chloridoideae Subfamily Panicoideae Subfamily Pooideae Subfamily Stipoideae The true grasses are monocotyledonous plants (Class Liliopsida) in the Family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae. ... Insert non-formatted text here The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

One species, H. vulgare (barley), is of major commercial importance as a cereal grain, used as fodder crop and for malting in beer and whiskey production. Some species are nuisance weeds introduced world-wide by human activities others endangered due to habitat loss. Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... This article is about grains in general. ... Malted barley Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate and then quickly dried before the plant develops. ... A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is the worlds oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... A weed is an unwanted plant. ...

Hordeum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Flame, Rustic Shoulder-knot and Setaceous Hebrew Character. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Binomial name Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761 The Flame (Axylia putris) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Apamea sordens Hufnagel, 1766 The Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Xestia c-nigrum Linnaeus, 1758 The Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...

Species

The genus Hordeum comprises currently 31 species:

• Hordeum arizonicum
• Hordeum bogdanii
• Hordeum brachyantherum
  • with the subspecies (subsp.) brachyantherum and californicum
• Hordeum brevisubulatum
  • subsp. brevisubulatum, iranicum, nevskianum, turkestanicum, and violaceum
• Hordeum bulbosum
• Hordeum capense
• Hordeum chilense
• Hordeum comosum
• Hordeum cordobense
• Hordeum depressum
• Hordeum erectifolium
• Hordeum euclaston
• Hordeum flexuosum
• Hordeum fuegianum
• Hordeum guatemalense
• Hordeum intercedens
• Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley)
• Hordeum lechleri
• Hordeum marinum (sea barley)
  • subsp. marinum and gussoneanum
• Hordeum murinum (wall barley)
  • subsp. murinum, glaucum, and leporinum
• Hordeum muticum
• Hordeum patagonicum
  • subsp. patagonicum, magellanicum, mustersi, santacrucense, and setifolium
• Hordeum parodii
• Hordeum procerum
• Hordeum pubiflorum
  • subsp. pubiflorum and halophilum
• Hordeum pusillum
• Hordeum roshevitzii
• Hordeum secalinum
• Hordeum stenostachys
• Hordeum tetraploidum
• Hordeum vulgare (barley)
  • barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare)
    • two-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare f. distichon)
    • six-rowed barley (Hordeum vulgare f. hexastichon, Hordeum vulgare f. agriochriton)
  • wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum)

Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ...

References

Bothmer, Jacobsen, Baden, Jorgensen, Linde-Laursen (1995): An ecogeographical study of the genus Hordeum, 2nd ed. IPGRI, Rome.

Blattner (2004): Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33, 289-299.

Blattner (2006): New Phytologist 169, 603-614.