Tables

Subsection	Seria	Species	Subspecies
Aristulatae Malz.	Inaequaliglumis Malz.	A.clauda Dur.
	Inaequaliglumis Malz.	A.pilosa M.B.
	Stipitae Malz.	A.longiglumis Dur.
		A.ventricosa Balan.	ventricosa (Balan) Malz.
		A.ventricosa Balan.	bruhnsiana (Grun.) Malz.
	Eubarbatae Malz.	A.strigosa Schreb.	strigosa (Schreb.) Thell.
			hirtula (Lagas.) Malz.
			barbata (Pott) Thell.
			wiestii (Steud.) Thell.
			vaviloviana Malz.
			abyssinica (Hochst.) Thell.
Denticulatae Malz.		A.fatua L.	septentrionalis Malz.
			nodipilosa Malz.
			meridionalis Malz.
			macrantha (Hack.) Malz.
			fatua (L.) Thell.
			sativa (L.) Thell.
			cultiformis Malz.
			praegravis (Kraus.) Malz.
		A.sterilis L.	ludoviciana (Dur.) Gill.et Magn.
			pseudo-sativa Thell.
			trichophylla (C.K. et Hausskn.) Malz.
			nodipubescens Malz.
			macrocarpa (Monch.) Briq.
			byzantina (C.K.) Thell.

1	Perennial plants	A.macrostachya Bal.
	Annual plants	2
2	Lemma tips biaristulate	3
	Lemma tips bidentate	13
3	Glumes very unequal, lower glume one-half of upper one	4
	Glumes equal or nearly so	5
4	Disarticulate each floret at maturity	A.clauda Dur.
	Disarticulation occurs at the lower floret only	A.pilosa M.B.
5	Callus very long, awl shaped, 5-10 mm	6
	Callus short, about 2 mm	8
6	Disarticulate each floret at maturity	A.longiglumis Dur.
	Disarticulation occurs at the lower floret only	7
7	Callus 5 mm long, glumes 25-30 mm long	A.ventricosa Bal.
	Callus 10 mm long, glumes 40 mm long	A.bruhnsiana Gruner.
8	Disarticulate each floret at maturity	9
	Panical non-shattering	13
9	Lemma tips biaristulate, glumes with 9-10 veins	A.barbata Pott.
	Lemma tips biaristulate with 1-2 denticula or without, glumes with 7-9 veins	10
10	Lemma tips biaristulate with 1 denticulum, lemma tips longer than glumes; first floret scar narrow elliptic	A.hirtula Lag.
	Lemma tips biaristulate with 2 denticula, lemma and glumes equal or nearly so; first floret scar oval	11
	Lemma tips biaristulate without denticula, first floret scar round	12
11	Lemma tips biaristulate 3-6 mm long	A.wiestii Steud.
	Lemma tips biaristulate 1 mm long	A.vaviloviana Mordv.
	Disarticulation occurs at the lower floret only	A.atlantica Baum
12	Spikelets very small 12-15 mm	A.prostrata Lad.
	Spikelets 20 mm long	A.damascena Raj. et Baum
13	Lemma tips biaristulate with 1 denticulum, lemma and glumes equal and nearly so	A.strigosa Schreb.
	Lemma tips biaristulate with 2 denticula, lemma tips shorter than glumes	A. abyssinica Hochst.
14	All florets disarticulating at maturity	15
	Lowermost floret only disarticulating	16
	Panical non-shattering	19
15	Spikelets with 2-3 florets, glumes 15-20 mm long	A.fatua L.
	Spikelets with 3-4 florets, glumes 25-30 mm long	A.occidentalis Dur.
16	Spikelets very large with 3-5 florets, glumes 30-40 mm long	17
	Spikelets medium size with 2 rarely 3 florets, glumes 25-30mm long	A.ludoviciana Dur.
	Spikelets small size with 2-3 florets, glumes 15-17 mm long	A.canariensis Baum
	Spikelets very small size with 2 florets, glumes 13-15 mm long	A.agadiriana Baum et Fedak
17	Lemma highly pubescent	A.magna Murphy et Terr
	Lemma slightly-moderate pubescent	A.sterilis L.
	Lemma pubescence is different	18
18	Point of awn insertion is about lower one-quarter, callus oval	A.murphyi Lad.
	Point of awn insertion is between lower one-third and one-half, callus elliptical	A.insularis Lad.
19	Fracture surface at the base of the primary floret is straighting	A.sativa L.
	Fracture surface at the base of the primary floret is slanting	A.byzantina C.Koch.

Shape of panicle	Hairiness of lemma	Lemma colour	A.strigosa varieties	A.abyssinica varieties
equilateral	glabrous	white	albida Marq.	chiovendae Mordv.
		yellow		schimperi Korn.
		grey	typica Vav.	hildebrantii Korn.
		brown	gilva Mordv.	braunii Korn.
		black	melanocarpa Mordv.
	hairness of awn insertion	white		typica Chiov.
		yellow	kewensis Vav.
		grey	intermedia Marq.
		black	nigra Marq.
	pubescent	white	alba Marq.	solidiflora Thell.
	pubescent	grey-brown	fusca Marq.
flagged (brevis)	glabrous	white	candida Mordv.
		grey	tephera Mordv.
		brown	hepatica Mordv.
		black	nigricans Mordv.
	hairiness of awn insertion		semiglabra Malz.
	pubescent		trichophora Malz.
unilateral			secunda Mordv.
grains naked			nudibrevis Vav.

Lemma colour	Hairiness of lemma	Awnedness	Varieties
white	Glabrous	no awns	albomutica Mordv.
white	Pubescent	one awn	alba Mordv.
cream	Pubescent	two awns	cremea Mordv.
red-brown	Glabrous	no awns	anolpa Mordv.
		one awn	rubra Mordv.
		two awns	culta Thell.
	Pubescent	one awn	monathera Mordv.
	Pubescent	two awns	solida Haussk.
grey or black	Glabrous	one awn	incana Mordv.
	Glabrous	two awns	nigra Mordv.
	Pubescent	one awn	maroccana Mordv.
brown	Glabrous	one awn	ursina Mordv.
brown	Pubescent	two awns	cinnamomea Mordv.

Spikelets characters	Lemma colour	Awnedness	Shape of panicle
Spikelets characters	Lemma colour	Awnedness	Equilateral	Unilateral
all florets thresh	white	no awns	mutica Alef.	obtusata Alef.
	white	awns	aristata Krause.	tartarica Ard.
	yellow	no awns	aurea Korn.	flava Korn.
	yellow	awns	krausei Korn.	ligulata Vav.
	grey	no awns	grisea Korn.	borealis Petrop.
	grey	awns	cinerea Korn.	armata Petrop.
	brown	no awns	brunnea Korn.	tristis Alef.
	brown	awns	montana Alef.	pugnax Alef.
the lowest floret threshes only	white	no awns	volgensis Vav.
	white	awns	kasanensis Vav.
	yellow	no awns	segetalis Vav.
	yellow	awns	bashkirorum Vav.
	brown	awns	armeniaca Mordv.
glumes up to 30 mm long	white	awns	iranica Vav.
	yellow	awns	persica Vav.
	brown	awns	asiatica Vav.
lemma pubescent	grey	awns		homomala Mordv.
	brown	no awns	setosa Korn.
	brown	awns	hausknechtii Vav.
grains naked	white	no awns	inermis Korn.
	white	awns	chinensis Fisch.
	white with	no awns	maculata Mordv.
	dark spot	awns	mongolica Pissar.

Subsection	Species			2n	Genom
	Wild		cultivated
	floret disarticulation	spikelet disarticulation	cultivated
Aristulatae Malz.	A.clauda Dur.	A.pilosa M.B.		14	Cp
	A.prostrata Ladiz.				Ap
	A.damascena Raj.et Baum				Ad
	A.longiglumis Dur.				Al
	A.wiestii Steud.	A.atlantica Baum			As
	A.hirtula Lag.		A.strigosa Schreb.
	A.barbata Pott.			28	AB
	A.vaviloviana Mordv.		A.abyssinica Hoch.
Denticulatae Malz.		A.ventricosa Bal.		14	Cv
		A.bruhnsiana Grun.
		A.canariensis Baum			Ac
		A.agadiriana Baum et Fed.		28	AB?
		A.magna Mur.et Terr.			AC
		A.murphyi Ladiz.
		A.insularis Ladiz.			CD?
	A.fatua L.	A.sterilis L.	A.byzantina Koch	42	ACD
	A.occidentalis Dur.	A.ludoviciana Dur.	A.sativa L.

Colour of lemma	Hairiness of lemma	Colour of hairiness	Forms
white	Glabrous		albida (Marq.)
white	Pubescent		albescens (Malz.)
grey (black)	Glabrous		nigra (Marq.)
grey (black)	Pubescent		nigrescens (Malz.)
yellow	Glabrous		flava (Korn.)
yellow	Pubescent		flavescens (Malz.)
brown	Glabrous		braunii (Korn.)
	Pubescent	light	genuina (Malz.)
	Pubescent	dark	atherantha (Malz.)