Bread wheat (*Triticum aestivum*) showing its flowering grass structures.

Bread wheat (*Triticum aestivum*).

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Species record

Bread Wheat

Triticum aestivum

Explore the Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum) species record in The Ark Is Earth, including classification, habitat, distribution, conservation information, and sources.

Summary

Bread wheat is a domesticated grass cultivated for its grain, which is milled into flour for bread, pasta, and many other foods.

Classification in this archive

  1. Kingdom: Plantae
  2. Phylum: Tracheophyta
  3. Class: Liliopsida
  4. Order: Poales
  5. Family: Poaceae
  6. Genus: Wheats
  7. Species: Triticum aestivum

Habitat and distribution

Selected documented locations — not a complete species range.

Habitat
croplands, temperate fields, farms
Selected regions
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Selected countries
Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, India, United States

Conservation status

Conservation status not recorded.

Did you know?

  • A wheat grain is a seed, and a mature ear can contain many grains.
  • Bread wheat has three related ancestral genomes, making it hexaploid.

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Seeds of bread wheat (*Triticum aestivum* subsp. *aestivum*) displayed as a botanical specimen.

Bread wheat (*Triticum aestivum*) seeds, showing the grain produced by the mature plant.

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Sources and attribution