Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Hordeum vulgare L.

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Hordeum aegiceras Nees ex Royle, Hordeum distichon L., Hordeum distichum, Hordeum hexastichon L., Hordeum irregulare Aberg & Wiebe, Hordeum sativum Pers., Hordeum vulgare L. var. trifurcatum (Schlecht.) Alef.

Common names:

Barley (1828-1944) (7, 19, 49, 53, 85, 92, 107, 109, 119, 138, 140, 155)

Bear barley (1900, varieties of 6-rowed barley) (158)

Beardless barley (1942-1952) (155, 163)

Bere (1919) (107)

Big barley (1919) (107)

Black barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Common barley (1886-Present) (50, 110, 119)

Common English barley (1900) (158)

Cultivated barley (1852-1901) (56, 163)

Dinkel barley (1900, variety) (158)

Four-row barley [Four rowed barley] (1901-1903) (56, 66)

French barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Gerste (1900, German) (158)

Golden barley (1900, varieties of 2-rowed barley) (158)

Hulless barley (1938, OK) (119)

Italian barley (1900, varieties of 2-rowed barley) (158)

Juba (1886, Bengali) (110)

Naked barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Nepal barley (1919) (107)

Orgre (1900, French) (158)

Pearl barley (1876-1911, prepared seed of) (49, 55, 92)

Red barley (1900, varieties of 6-rowed barley) (158)

Russian barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Scotch barley (1900, varieties of 6-rowed barley) (158)

Siberian barley (1900, varieties of 2-rowed barley) (158)

Six-lines barley (1919) (107)

Six-row barley [Sixrow barley, Six rowed barley, Six-rowed barley] (1886-1942) (66, 67, 110, 155)

Spring barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Square barley (1900-1903) (66, 158)

Two-row barley [Tworow barley, Two rowed barley, Two-rowed barley, Two-rowed barley] (1890-1942) (56, 66, 67, 110, 155, 158)

Wheat barley (1900, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (158)

Winter barley (1900-1919, varieties of 4-rowed barley) (107, 158)

Yuva (1886, Sanskrit) (110)

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