Triticum urartu Thumanjan ex Gandilyan (1972: 176)

Nasernakhaei, Fatemeh, Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza, Saeidi, Hojjatollah & Tavassoli, Manoochehr, 2013, Taxonomic identity of the Iranian diploid Triticum as evidenced by nrDNA ITS analysis, Phytotaxa 143 (1), pp. 43-53 : 50-51

Triticum urartu Thumanjan ex Gandilyan (1972: 176)

Triticum urartu var. iranicum Salimi (2005: 358)

Triticum urartu var. sardashticum Salimi (2005: 358)

Description:—Plant annual, stem tufted, up to 100 cm; nodes pubescent, leaf blade surface densely covered with short whitish hairs. Spike erect. Rachis disarticulating at maturity, the location of the disarticulation variable, with indumentum at the base of each spikelet; spikelet with 2 florets; glumes 2–keeled, one keel prominent, length of the principal dent on glume keel 1.8–2.8 mm and the second dent about 0.5 mm, glabrous; one or both lemmas awned; anther length 1.9–2.8 mm.

Diagnostic characters:—dense short hairs on leaf, anther length of 1.9–2.8 mm.

Selected specimens examined ( Figure 2 ):— Northwest: Ardabil, Kaghazkanan , 1916 m, 13 July 2003; East Azarbaijan, Ahar –Kalibar, 1716 m, 13 July 2003. Central: Isfahan , 70 km West of Semirom, 10 June 1997. West : Kermanshah , 10 km to Sonqor , 2047 m, 10 August 1997; Kurdistan , Marivan , 1602 m, 9 July 2003; Lorestan , 20 km to East of Dorud , 1650 m, 13 June 1997. Southwest: Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari , between Gandoman and Lordegan , 2150 m, 20 June 2001; Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad, 10 km to Yasuj, 1800m, 11 May 2000. All the herbarium specimens studied were collected by Rahiminejad et al. and deposited in the herbarium of the University of Isfahan .

Elevation:— From 1330 m (Kermanshah, Harsin) to 2420 m (Isfahan, Bouin-miandasht to Aligudarz ) .

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FIGURE 2. Distribution map of Triticum monococcum subsp. aegilopoides (□) and Triticum urartu (■) in Iran.