Common wheat

Common wheat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Triticum
Species:
T. aestivum
Binomial name
Triticum aestivum
Synonyms
  • Triticum sativum Lam.
  • Triticum vulgare Vill.

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.