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Scientific classification
Genus:	Aegilops
Species:	tauschii
Synonyms
List Aegilops strangulata (Eig) Tzvelev Aegilops tauschii var. anathera (Eig) K.Hammer Aegilops tauschii f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer Aegilops tauschii f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer Aegilops tauschii var. meyeri (Griseb.) Tzvelev Aegilops tauschii convar. paleidenticulata Gandilyan Aegilops tauschii var. paleidenticulata (Gandilyan) K.Hammer Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) Á.Löve Patropyrum tauschii subsp. salinum (Zhuk.) Á.Löve Patropyrum tauschii subsp. strangulatum (Eig) Á.Löve Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.

Aegilops tauschii, the Tausch's goatgrass or rough-spike hard grass, is an annual grass species. It is native to Crimea, the Caucasus region, western and Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalaya, and parts of China, and has been introduced to other locales, including California.

Taxonomy

Aegilops tauschii is part of the tribe Triticeae, along with wheat. It is a diploid (2n=2x=14, DD) goat grass species which has contributed the D genome to common wheat.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted:

Aegilops tauschii subsp. strangulata (Eig) Tzvelev – western part of range
Aegilops tauschii subsp. tauschii

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