Evolution of Wheat - Triticum species
	This table gives the abbreviated species name, the common name and the habitat and ear type of the diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid species of Wheat within the genus Triticum.
	Species name	Common Name	Habitat	Ear type
	Diploid = 14 chromosomes (2n = 2x = 14), genome = AA
	T. urartu	Wild Einkorn	Wild	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. boeoticum	Wild Einkorn	Wild	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. monococcum	Cultivated Einkorn	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. sinskajae	Sinskajae Einkorn	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	Tetraploid = 28 chromosomes (2n = 4x = 28), genome = AABB
	T. dicoccoides	Wild Emmer	Wild	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. dicoccum	Cultivated Emmer	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. paleocolchicum	Georgian Wheat	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. durum	Durum Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. carthlicum	Persian Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. polonicum	Polish Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. turanicum	Oriental or Khorasan Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. turgidum	Rivet, Cone or Poulard Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	Hexaploid = 42 chromosomes (2n = 6x = 42), genome = AABBDD
	T. macha	Macha Wheat	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. spelta	Spelt or Dinkel	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. vavilovi	Vavilovi Wheat	Cultivated	Hulled / Enclosed grain
	T. compactum	Club Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. sphaerococcum	Indian Dwarf or Shot Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain
	T. aestivum	Bread Wheat	Cultivated	Free-threshing grain