Genus Hordeum L.

Summary

Genus number:

5789

Last updated:

26 April 2022

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Common name(s):

barley

Accession count:

19053 (17540 active, 17515 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

all accepted species are in GRIN

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Critesion Raf.
Critho E. Mey.
Zeocriton Wolf

Subdivisions of Hordeum L.

Subgenus	Section	Series
Hordeastrum
Hordeastrum	Marina
Hordeastrum	Nodosa
Hordeastrum	Stenostachys
Hordeastrum	Stenostachys	Critesion
Hordeastrum	Stenostachys	Sibirica
Hordeum
Hordeum	Hordeum
Hordeum	Trichostachys

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References:

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=5789. Accessed 3 April 2025.