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Hordeum
Also called Barleys, Barley And Allies
Hordeum is a genus of annual and perennial grasses, best known through barley (H. vulgare), a major cereal grown as a grain crop. It thrives in cool to temperate conditions in open, sunny fields rather than as a houseplant.
Hordeum is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. The species are native throughout the temperate regions of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas.
The species are native throughout the temperate regions of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas.
One species, H. vulgare (barley), has become of major commercial importance as a cereal grain, used as fodder crop and for malting in the production of beer and whiskey.
Bulbous barley · Hordeum comosum · Two Rowed Barley · Foxtail barley · Little barley · Spontaneous barley · Barley
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