Barley

Barley is a member of the grass family of plants. Its seeds are a cereal grain. It is a staple food of humans and other animals, and it is one of mankind's oldest crops. It can be made into flour or beer.

Barley
Illustration Hordeum vulgare1.jpg
Drawing of Barley
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordeum
Species:
H. vulgare
Binomial name
Hordeum vulgare
Synonyms[2]
Hordeum vulgare

Its Latin name is Hordeum vulgare. Barley is an annual plant.

Production

The world's biggest barley producers (2007)
 Rank  Country  quantity 
(in t)
 rank  Country  quantity 
(in t)
   1  Russia    15.663.110    9  United Kingdom    5.149.000
   2  Canada    11.822.100    10  United States    4.611.940
   3  Spain    11.684.000    11  Poland    4.065.800
   4  Germany    11.034.200    12  China    3.851.000
   5  France    9.472.000    13  Denmark    3.104.200
   6  Turkey    7.423.000    14  Iran    3.000.000
   7  Ukraine    6.000.000    15  Kazakhstan    2.600.000
   8  Australia    5.920.000     World    136.207.179
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [3]

Barley Media

References

  1. Hordeum vulgare (TSN {{{ID}}}). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, archived from the original on 8 April 2020, retrieved 2 February 2016
  3. "Statistic by the FAO in 2007". FAO. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2009.