Common wheat
| Common wheat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Triticum |
| Species: | T. aestivum
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| Binomial name | |
| Triticum aestivum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Common wheat (Triticum aestivum), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species. About 95% of wheat produced worldwide is this species; it is the most widely planted of all crops by area (as of 2009) and the cereal with the highest monetary yield.