Agricultural
common wheat
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
Thickly ovateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
Yellow-brown for soft wheat, brown for hard
Smooth with tuft of hair at apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
Mostly absent
Mostly absent
EmbryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
has rounded apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar., deep groove on ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side.
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). tends to be broadly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
and the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
has a rounded apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.. A deep groove is found on the ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side. The soft wheats are lighter and more opaque than the hard wheats.
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Triticum aestivum L.
Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum L.
Triticum hybernum L.
Triticum macha Dekap. & Menab.
Triticum sativum Lam.
Triticum sphaerococcum Percival
Triticum vulgare Vill.
