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Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

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Hordeum vulgare, commonly called barley, is a major self-pollinating cereal grass of the family Poaceae, a diploid species carrying fourteen chromosomes and grown across temperate regions worldwide. It ranks among the earliest cereals ever domesticated, brought under cultivation in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC as selective breeding produced nonshattering spikelets that made the grain far easier to harvest than competing wild cereals. In 2023 it was the fourth largest cereal crop globally by production, at one hundred forty six million tonnes, trailing only maize, rice and wheat, with Russia the leading producer. About seventy percent of the crop is used as animal feed, while most of the remainder is malted for brewing beer and distilling whisky.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Domesticated 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Hordeum vulgare 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hordeum, Taxa
Source Barley (Wikipedia)
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Afghanistan

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Afghanistan", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Cyprus

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Cyprus", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Egypt

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Egypt", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Greece

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Greece", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Iran

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Iran", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Iraq

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Iraq", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Kazakhstan

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Kazakhstan", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Libya

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Libya", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
North America

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Pakistan

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Pakistan", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Palestine

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Palestine", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Saudi Arabia

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Saudi Arabia", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
South America

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "South America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Turkmenistan

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Turkmenistan", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Uzbekistan

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Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Barley (Hordeum vulgare)Distributions
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"locality": "Uzbekistan", "source": "Catalogue of Life"
Sources
1. Barley (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    Barley prefers relatively low temperatures and well-drained soil to grow.
  • Lead, scientific name
    Hordeum vulgare
  • Child Taxon Of: Hordeum, Infobox: genus
    Hordeum
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2. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) (Wikipedia)
  • present tense, major cereal grain grown globally
  • domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC
  • fourth among grains in quantity produced, 146 million tonnes
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