Aegilops triuncialisL.

barbed goatgrass

WFO wfo-0000841887 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 198315307
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. b Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161896172
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by D Defreese
fig. c D Defreese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127526419
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by D Defreese
fig. d D Defreese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127526685
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. e Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75754030
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by Claire Elliott
fig. f Claire Elliott, CC0 1.0 / obs. 14137990
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. g Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10265083
Aegilops triuncialis, photographed by John Hibbard
fig. h John Hibbard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1894890

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Aegilops triuncialis is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKuwaitLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanPakistanAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Sardegna
Native distribution of Aegilops triuncialis, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

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 67 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.

  • Aegilopodes triuncialis (L.) Á.Löve
  • Aegilopodes triuncialis subsp. persica (Boiss. ex Hohen.) Á.Löve
  • Aegilopodes triuncialis subsp. triuncialis
  • Aegilops aristata Req. ex Bertol.
  • Aegilops buschirica Roshev.
  • Aegilops croatica Gand.
  • Aegilops echinata C.Presl
  • Aegilops elongata Lam.
  • Aegilops ovata subsp. triaristata (Willd.) Jáv.
  • Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) W.D.J.Koch
  • Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) H.Lindb.
  • Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) Coss. & Durand
  • Aegilops persica Boiss. ex Hohen.
  • Aegilops persica Boiss.
  • Aegilops squarrosa L.
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. eusquarrosa Eig
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. typica Zhuk.
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. typica Eig
  • Aegilops triaristata Req. ex Bertol.
  • Aegilops triuncialis f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops triuncialis f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops triuncialis f. flavescens (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops triuncialis f. hirsuta H.Lindb.

and 43 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. 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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