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  • Common Name: Barley, cereal barley, common barley
  • Family: Poaceae or Graminae -- Grass family
  • Subfamily: Pooideae
  • Tribe: Triticeae
  • Genus: Hordeum
  • Species: Hordeum vulgare
  • *2004 World Production 138,267,192 Metric Ton
  • *2004 World Harvest - 56,472,661 Ha
  • **Genome Size 4900 Mb
  • Chromosome number : 7
  • 2n = 14
  • Photosynthetic pathway: C3

Photo courtesy Michael Clayton @
Wisconsin State Herbarium
* Data obtained from FAOSTAT 2005
** Data obtained from Arumuganathan, K., and E. Earle, 1991. "Nuclear DNA Content of Some Important Plant Species." Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, v9, 208-218.