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Triticum araraticum (Araratian wild emmer or Armenian wild emmer)[1] is a wild[2] tetraploid species of wheat. T. araraticum is one of the least studied wheat species in the world.[3]
| Triticum araraticum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Triticum |
| Species: | T. araraticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Triticum araraticum Jakubz | |
The T. araraticum species appears to have arisen from the natural hybridization of T. boeoticum and Aegilops speltoides.[4] T. araraticum is similar to the domestic T. timopheevii in several ways including physical appearance, cytoplasm type and DNA content.[5] The relationship has led some taxonomists to classify T. araraticum as a subspecies of T. timopheevii. In July 1988 different lines of T. araraticum were studied using the C-banding method revealing that T. araraticum was of genome composition AAGG.[3]
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The araraticum subspecies of T. araraticum grows primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey,[6] while the kurdistanicum subspecies grows in Iraq and the nearby areas of Iran and Turkey.[3]
In Armenia, the subspecies can be found in Voghjaberd and Vedi villages near capital Yerevan and the villages of Areni, Arpi and Aghavnadzor in Vayots Dzor Province.[6]
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