Aegilops neglectaReq. ex Bertol.

three-awned goatgrass

WFO wfo-0000841503 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. a Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-05-26 / obs. 131732381
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. b Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157979046
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. c Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 131732411
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. d Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157978973
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. e Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157979134
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. f Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157979252
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Andrea Meucci
fig. g Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200038884
Aegilops neglecta, photographed by Andrea Meucci
fig. h Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200038927

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Aegilops neglecta is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Aegilops neglecta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 59 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aegilops algeriensis Gand.
  • Aegilops calida Gand.
  • Aegilops campicola Gand.
  • Aegilops contracta (Eig) H.Scholz
  • Aegilops fausii Sennen ex Eig
  • Aegilops fonsii Sennen
  • Aegilops geniculata var. latiarista (Lange) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops geniculata var. latiaristata (Lange) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops gussonei Link
  • Aegilops mesantha Gand.
  • Aegilops mixta Sennen
  • Aegilops neglecta subsp. contracta (Eig) H.Scholz
  • Aegilops neglecta subsp. recta (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops neglecta var. contorta (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops neglecta var. ochreata (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops neglecta var. quadriaristata (Eig) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops neglecta var. trojana (Eig) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops ovata L.
  • Aegilops ovata Roth
  • Aegilops ovata subsp. euovata Eig
  • Aegilops ovata subsp. triaristata (Bluff, Nees & Schauer) Rouy
  • Aegilops ovata subvar. subbiaristata Trab.
  • Aegilops ovata var. latiaristata Lange
  • Aegilops ovata var. triaristata Bluff, Nees & Schauer

and 35 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol AENE2. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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