Scientific name Triticum timopheevii Rank Species | Genus Triticum Higher classification Wheat | |
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Similar Wheat, Aegilops speltoides, Triticum urartu, Triticum zhukovskyi, Triticum carthlicum |
Triticum timopheevii top 5 facts
Triticum timopheevii, Timopheev's wheat or Zanduri wheat, is a tetraploid wheat that has both cultivated and wild forms. The domesticated form is restricted to western Georgia, while the wild form (formerly categorized as T. araticum Jakubz.) can be found across south-eastern Turkey, north Iraq, west Iran and Transcaucasia.
Timopheev's wheat is believed to have evolved in isolation from the more common Triticum turgidum, and hybrids between T. timopheevii and T. turgidum are reportedly sterile with "a considerable amount of chromosomal irregularities in meiosis".
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