''Triticum araraticum'' (Araratian wild emmer or Armenian wild emmer) is a wild tetraploid species of wheat. ''T. araraticum'' is one of the least studied wheat species in the world.
[E. D. Badaeva, R. L. Boguslavsky, N. S. Badaev and A. V. Zelenin. 1988. ''Intraspecific chromosomal polymorphism of Triticum araraticum (Poaceae) detected by C-banding technique''. Plant Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 169, No. 1/2]
Genealogy
The ''T. araraticum'' species appears to have arisen from the natural hybridization of
T. boeoticum and
Aegilops speltoides
''Aegilops speltoides'' ( syn. ''Sitopsis speltoides'' ( Tausch) Á.Löve) is an edible plant in the family Poaceae native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, which is often used for animal feed, and it has grown in cultivated beds. This p ...
. ''T. araraticum'' is similar to the domestic
T. timopheevii in several ways including physical appearance, cytoplasm type and DNA content.
[Jakubizner M. M. 1932. Wheats of Syria, Palestina, and Tranjordan, and their role in breeding and agronomy. WIR publ. p. 157-160 (in Russian)] The relationship has led some taxonomists to classify ''T. araraticum'' as a subspecies of ''T. timopheevii''. In July 1988 different lines of ''T. araraticum'' were studied using the
C-banding method revealing that ''T. araraticum'' was of genome composition AAGG.
Geography
The araraticum subspecies of ''T. araraticum'' grows primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey,
while the ''kurdistanicum'' subspecies grows in Iraq and the nearby areas of Iran and Turkey.
In Armenia, the subspecies can be found in
Voghjaberd
Voghjaberd ( hy, Ողջաբերդ, also Romanized as Vokhchaberd) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
See also
*Kotayk Province
Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central ...
and
Vedi
Vedi ( hy, Վեդի), is a town and urban municipal community in the Ararat Province of Armenia, located along the Vedi River, south of the capital Yerevan, and southeast of the provincial centre Artashat. According to the 2011 census, the po ...
villages near capital
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
and the villages of
Areni
Areni ( hy, Արենի) is a village and the center of the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. Areni is best known for its wine production, with the majority of wine produced locally from the nearby village of Getap.
The ...
,
Arpi
Arpi ( grc, Ἄρποι), Argyrippa ( grc, Ἀργύριππα), and Argos Hippium ( grc, Ἄργος Ἵππιον) was an ancient city of Apulia, Italy, 20 mi. W. of the sea coast, and 5 mi. N. of the modern Foggia. The first name was ...
and
Aghavnadzor in
Vayots Dzor Province.
References
Wheat
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