ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Hordeum vulgare

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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01 / PLACE IN THE PLANT WORLD

Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordeum
Species: Hordeum vulgare
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Hordeum vulgare. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

148 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 3

Frumentum hordeumName author: E.H.L.Krause
Frumentum sativumName author: E.H.L.Krause
Hordeum aestivumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum americanumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum bifariumName author: Roth
Hordeum brachyatherumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum caspicumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum coelesteName author: Viborg ex Kunth
Hordeum daghestanicumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum defectoidesName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum distichon subsp. zeocrithonName author: (L.) Čelak.
Hordeum durumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum elongatumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum gymnodistichumName author: Duthie
Hordeum heterostychyonName author: P.Beauv.
Hordeum hexastichonName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Hordeum hibernaculumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum hibernansName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum himalayenseName author: Schult.
Hordeum hirtiusculumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum horsfordianumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum ircutianumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum jarenskianumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum juliaeName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum kalugenseName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum karzinianumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum kiarchanumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum laevipaleatumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum lapponicumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum leptostachysName author: Griff.
Hordeum mandshuricumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum mandshuroidesName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum michalkowiName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum nekludowiName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum nigrumName author: Willd.
Hordeum pamiricumName author: Vavilov
Hordeum parvumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum pensanumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum perversumName author: Forssk.
Hordeum polystichonName author: Haller
Hordeum polystichon var. hackeliiName author: Chiov.
Hordeum polystichon var. vulgareName author: (L.) Döll
Hordeum praecoxName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum pyramidatumName author: R.E.Regel
Hordeum revelatumName author: (Körn.) A.Schulz
Hordeum sativumName author: Jess.
Hordeum sativumName author: Pers.
Hordeum sativum subsp. hexastichonName author: (L.) K.Richt.
Hordeum sativum subsp. vulgareName author: (L.) K.Richt.
Hordeum sativum var. coelesteName author: (L.) Vilm.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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