Rye ( lat. Secále ) - a genus of grassy flowering plants of the family Cereals ( Poaceae ); enters the tribe Wheaten ( Triticeae ) subfamily Myatlikovye ( Pooideae ). About ten species common in the Mediterranean , as well as in South Africa [2] .
| Rye (genus) |
Spike of rye |
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| Grade: | Monocotyledonous [1] |
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| International scientific name |
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Secale L. (1753) |
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Gramen Ség. (1754) |
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The most famous species is Sowing Rye ( Secale cereale ), one of the most important grain crops , cultivated in both hemispheres in subtropical and moderately warm regions. The word rye usually refers to the fruits or plants of this particular species. In Central Russia , Forest Rye ( Secale sylvestre ) is an annual wild plant [3] .
Representatives of the genus are annual and perennial herbaceous plants [2] .
Spikelets are single, sessile, consist of two prolific flowers and rudement of the third upper flower. Spikelets are collected in complex inflorescences - ears [2] .
Forest rye (
Secale sylvestre ). Russia, the neighborhood of
Saratov According to the database of The Plant List , the genus consists of 9 species , including one hybrid [4] :
- Secale africanum Stapf - African Rye . View from South Africa .
- Secale anatolicum boiss. - Anatolian rye
- Secale cereale L. typus [5] - Rye , or Sowing Rye , or Cultivated Rye . Important crop.
- Secale ciliatiglume ( Boiss. ) Grossh.
- Secale × derzhavinii Tzvelev [= Secale montanum × Secale cereale ] - Derzhavin rye
- Secale montanum guss. - Mountain rye
- Secale segetale ( Zhuk. ) Roshev.
- Secale sylvestre Host - Forest Rye , or Wild Rye . An annual plant, common in Europe, in Asia Minor , in the south of Western Siberia , in Central Asia .
- Secale vavilovii Grossh. - Vavilov rye . An annual plant from Turkey , Armenia and Iran .
