Biology:Hordeum distichon

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Hordeum

Hordeum distichon
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In a farmfield in Japan
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Hordeum
Species:
H. distichon
Binomial name
Hordeum distichon
Synonyms[1]

Hordeum distichon, the common barley or two-rowed barley, is a cultigen of barley, family Poaceae. It is native to Iraq, and is widely grown throughout temperate regions of the world.[1] Some authorities consider it a subspecies of six-rowed barley, Hordeum vulgare.[2] It is the principal raw material for malting and brewing beer in Europe, as it is lower in protein than the six-rowed barley usually used in North America.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hordeum distichon L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:405212-1. 
  2. "Hordeum distichon common barley". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/277898/hordeum-distichon/details. "Other common names; two-rowed barley. Synonyms; Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichon" 
  3. Boulton, Christopher (20 May 2013). Encyclopaedia of Brewing. Wiley. ISBN 9781118598139. 

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