WHEAT TAXONOMY

Classification of Aegilops and Amblyopyrum according to Eig 1929.

The Eig classification [references] is frequently encountered in the literature. Although the Zhukovsky classification published in 1928 has priority, most early wheat researchers followed Eig. The original 1929 classification is presented here without corrections except in authority citations and includes Eig's move of 'mutica' into the genus Amblyopyrum in a subsequent publication.

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Aegilops L.

Section Pleionathera Eig
Subsection Adhaerens Eig
Aegilops variabilis Eig	[illegitimate]
subsp. eu-variabilis Eig & Feinbrun
var. typica
var. intermedia Eig & Feinbrun
var. latiuscula Eig & Feinbrun
var. multiaristata Eig & Feinbrun
var. mutica Eig & Feinbrun
var. peregrina (Hackel) Eig & Feinbrun
var. planispicula Eig & Feinbrun
subsp. cylindrostachys Eig & Feinbrun
var. aristata Eig & Feinbrun
var. brachyathera Eig & Feinbrun
var. elongata Eig & Feinbrun
Aegilops kotschyi Boiss.
var. typica
var. caucasica Eig
var. hirta Eig
var. leptostachya (Bornm.) Eig
var. palaestina Eig
Subsection Libera Eig
Aegilops biuncialis Vis.
var. typica
var. archipelagica Eig
var. macrochaeta (Shuttlew. & A.Huet) Eig
Aegilops columnaris Zhuk.
var. typica
var. glabriuscula Eig
Aegilops ovata L.	[ambiguous]
subsp. eu-ovata
var. africana Eig
var. eventricosa Eig
var. hirsuta Eig
var. vulgaris Eig
subsp. atlantica Eig
var. brachyathera (Pomel) Eig
var. echinus (Godron) Eig
var. latiaristata Lange
Aegilops triaristata Willd. (4x and 6x)	[ambiguous]
subsp. typica
var. quadriaristata Eig
var. trojana Eig
var. vulgaris Eig
subsp. contracta Eig
Aegilops triuncialis L.
subsp. eu-triuncialis Eig
var. typica
var. constantinopolitana Eig
subsp. orientalis Eig
var. anathera Hausskn. & Bornm. in Bornm.
var. assyriaca Eig
var. persica (Boiss.) Eig
Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk.
subsp. typica
subsp. pilosa Boiss.
Section Macrathera Eig
Aegilops caudata L.	[ambiguous]
var. typica
var. polyathera Boiss.
Aegilops comosa Sm. in Sibth. & Sm.
subsp. eu-comosa Eig
var. typica
var. ambigua Eig
var. thessalica Eig
subsp. heldreichii (Holzm. ex Boiss.) Eig
var. achaica Eig
var. biaristata Eig
var. subventricosa Boiss.
Aegilops uniaristata Vis.
Section Monoleptathera Eig
Aegilops cylindrica Host
var. typica
var. pauciaristata Eig
Section Platystachys Eig
Subsection Emarginata Eig
Aegilops bicornis (Forsskål) Jaub. & Spach
var. typica
var. mutica (Asch.) Eig
Aegilops longissima (Schweinf. & Muschl. in Muschl.) Eig
Aegilops sharonensis Eig
var. typica
var. major Eig
Subsection Truncata Eig
Aegilops speltoides Tausch
var. typica
var. polyathera (Boiss.) Eig
Aegilops ligustica (Savig.) Cosson
Section Pachystachys Eig
Subsection Oligomorpha Eig
Aegilops squarrosa L.	[illegitimate]
subsp. eu-squarrosa Eig
var. typica
var. anathera Eig
var. meyeri Griseb. in Ledeb.
subsp. strangulata Eig
Subsection Polymorpha Eig
Aegilops crassa Boiss. (4x and 6x)
var. typica
var. glumiaristata Eig
var. macrathera Boiss.
var. palaestina Eig
Aegilops juvenalis (Thell.) Eig
Subsection Occidentalis Eig
Aegilops ventricosa Tausch
var. comosa (Cosson. & Durand) Eig
var. truncata (Cosson. & Durand) Eig
var. vulgaris Eig

Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig

Ambylopyrum muticum (Boiss.) Eig
var. typicum
var. loliaceum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig