Agricultural
common rye, cultivated rye, rye, cereal rye, cultivated annual rye
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
Cylindrical and pointed
Brown to metallic green
Rough and scaly
None
None
Pointed embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
is one-third the caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). length.
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). (grain) is pointed at the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
and usually parallel-sided from the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
to the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
. CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). is ridged on the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
side and grooved on the other.
Not listed
Included
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Poaceae
Secale cereale L.
Secale montanum Guss., nom. inq.
Secale strictum (C. Presl) C. Presl
Triticum cereale (L.) Salisb.
