black sea red data book - Department of Biology

SPECIES SHEETS
PART I. PLANTS (INCLUDING ALGAE)
Aegilops geniculate (Roth)
Synonyms: Aegilops ovatap.p., 1759; Aegilopspontica auct. (Deg.) Valev, 1963;
Aegilops lorentii auct. Höchst., 1845.
Common names: Bulg: Kolenchato divo zhito, Pontiyski egilops, Lorentsiev egilops.
Taxonomic description. A hairy plant with a hairy root, noded stems gathered in
tufts reaching upwards from 20 cm to 40 cm. Flat and thick leaves. The spike (without
awns) is 2-3 cm long, hard, with 3-4 spikelets of which the upper 1-2 are always non-
fructiferous and the lower two always fructiferous, rounded, slightly swollen with 6-8
awns each. The chaffs of the fructiferous spikelets are strongly bristlelike, rugged
along the veins but naked between them, ending at the tip, with two long almost
similar awns.
IUCN Status
World level:
Black Sea Regional level:
Subregion level: CE
Order POALES
Family POACEAE
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