Plant Details

Accepted name:: Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta (L.) Thell. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Triticum aestivum L.
Infraspecies:: 4

Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum (Host) H.Messik.

Triticum aestivum subsp. macha (Dekapr. & Menabde) McKey

Triticum aestivum subsp. sphaerococcum (Percival) Mac Key

Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dinkel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
dinkel wheat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escanda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escaña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
espelta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
farro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hulled wheat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jo-berahneh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khandarous	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
solt	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
spelt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spelt wheat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
speltvete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spelz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zorrat-e-makkeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
épeautre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
جو برهنه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خندروس	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ذرت مکه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سلت	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 57 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Triticum spelta L. Sp. Pl.: 86 (1753).
Spelta vulgaris Ser. Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Lyon 5: 114 (1842).
Triticum aestivum var. spelta (L.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 108 (1896).
Triticum aestivum subsp. tibetanum Q.Q.Shao Acta Genet. Sin. 7: 155 (1980), no type indicated.
Triticum aestivum subsp. yunnanense King ex S.L.Chen Novon 7: 230 (1997).
Triticum arduinoi Mazzuc. Sopra Alc. Sp. Frum.: 50 (1807).
Triticum arias Clemente Herrera, Agric. 1: 74 (1818).
Triticum bengalense P.Lawson Agric. Man.: 28 (1836).
Triticum duhamelianum Mazzuc. Sopra Alc. Sp. Frum.: 55 (1807).
Triticum elymoides Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 1: 107 (1813).
Triticum forskalei Clemente Herrera, Agric. 1: 74 (1818).
Triticum rufescens Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 717 (1841), pro syn.
Triticum sativum subsp. spelta (L.) Hack. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 81 (1887).
Triticum sativum subsp. spelta (L.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 120 (1890), nom. illeg.
Triticum spelta aestivum Schübl. Diss. Char. Descr. Cereal.: 27 (1818).
Triticum spelta var. albumcompactoides Sanchez-Monge & Villena Anales Estac. Exp. Aula Dei 3: 257 (1954).
Triticum spelta f. arduinoi (Mazzuc.) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 2793 (1907).
Triticum spelta var. arduinoi (Mazzuc.) Flaksb. Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 8: 130 (1915).
Triticum spelta aristatum Schübl. Diss. Char. Descr. Cereal.: 26 (1818).
Triticum spelta subsp. aristatum (Schübl.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 46 (1834).
Triticum spelta subsp. aristatum Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 46 (1834).
Triticum spelta var. carthlicum Zhizhil. & Berishv. Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 123: 147 (1986), no Latin descr.
Triticum spelta grex duhamelianum (Mazzuc.) Flaksb. in E.V.Wulff (ed.), Kul't. Fl. SSSR 1: 136 (1935), not validly publ.
Triticum spelta f. duhamelianum (Mazzuc.) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 2793 (1907).
Triticum spelta var. duhamelianum (Mazzuc.) Flaksb. Trudy Byuro Prikl. Bot. 8: 171, 197 (1915).
Triticum spelta var. griseoturanorecens Udachin Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 84: 74 (1978).
Triticum spelta var. ispharosubbaktiaricum Udachin Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 84: 73 (1978).
Triticum spelta subsp. kuckuckianum Gökgöl Getreide & Mehl 7: 80 (1963).
Triticum spelta var. kuckuckianum Udachin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 56(2): 150 (1976).
Triticum spelta var. muticum (Schübl.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 100 (1821 publ. 1822).
Triticum spelta muticum Schübl. Diss. Char. Descr. Cereal.: 26 (1818).
Triticum spelta subsp. muticum (Schübl.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 46 (1834).
Triticum spelta subsp. muticum Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 46 (1834).
Triticum spelta var. saharae Ducell. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 11: 92 (1920).
Triticum spelta var. subbuldoji Udachin Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 84: 74 (1978).
Triticum spelta var. tarakanovii Udachin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 56(2): 150 (1976).
Triticum spelta var. tashausicum Udachin Trudy Prikl. Bot. 45(2): 47 (1971).
Triticum spelta subsp. tibetanum (Q.Q.Shao) N.P.Gonch. Comp. Genet. Wheats Related Sp., ed. 2: 403 (2012), not validly publ.
Triticum spelta var. turanoalborescens Udachin Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 84: 74 (1978).
Triticum spelta var. turanoalefeldii Udachin Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 84: 74 (1978).
Triticum spelta velutinum Schübl. Diss. Char. Descr. Cereal.: 27 (1818).
Triticum spelta var. viridoalbispicatum Jakubz. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 44(1): 55 (1971).
Triticum spelta var. viridoarduinii Jakubz. & Puchalski Trudy Prikl. Bot. 44(1): 55 (1971).
Triticum spelta subsp. yunnanense (King ex S.L.Chen) N.P.Gonch. Comp. Genet. Wheats Related Sp, ed. 2: 403 (2012).
Triticum speltiforme Seidl ex Opiz Naturalientausch 9: 106 (1825).
Triticum vulgare var. album Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. arduinoi (Mazzuc.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 334 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. coeruleum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. duhamelianum (Mazzuc.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. fringillarum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. michauxii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 334 (1866).
Triticum vulgare var. rufum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866).
Triticum vulgare convar. spelta (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 334 (1866).
Triticum vulgare subsp. spelta (L.) Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 41, 75 (1885).
Triticum vulgare var. vulpinum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 335 (1866), nom. illeg.
Triticum zea Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 3: 20 (1805).
Zeia spelta (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226 (1915).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Triticum aestivum L. subsp. spelta (L.) Thell.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta (L.) Thell.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Triticum spelta	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Triticum spelta L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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