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Aegilops crassa Boiss.

No common name.

 Aegilops crassa

Distribution for species. Middle East: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine (undocumented), Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey; Asia: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Europe: France (adventive), Germany (adventive), Spain; Africa: Libya (undocumented), Morocco (undocumented), Tunisia (undocumented); United States (adventive)

Synonyms for species:

  • Gastropyrum crassum (Boiss.) Á. Löve
  • Triticum crassum (Boiss.) Aitch. & Hemsl.

Number of accessions = 26

  • Known duplicates = 0
  • Total unique accessions = 26 *
    *The accessions from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and one accession each from Iraq and Turkmenistan have no collection data and may be duplicates.

Ae. crassa has both 4X (2n = 24) and 6X (2n = 42) forms; 17 of the accessions have been analyzed cytologically and their chromosome number is indicated.

Distribution of WGGRC accessions.

Afghanistan (4X)
1
Iran (4X)
6
Iraq (4X)
3
Kyrgyzstan (6X)
2
Tajikistan
7
Turkey (4X)
4
Turkmenistan (4X and 6X)
2
Uzbekistan (6X)
1