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Avena barbata

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64402eca2d1d3261858562
Scientific name Avena barbata
Authority Pott ex Link
First published in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 315 (1800)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Uses:
Feed and forage:
The grain is used as animal feed; it is comparable to other oat grains in composition with moderate oil (5–8% in some samples) and fiber that supports energy and roughage values for livestock and poultry. Fodder and hay quality vary with stage at harvest, with mid- to late‑dough stages generally producing good digestible forage. Straw can serve as bedding and roughage.

Fermentation and biomass:
Grain and plant biomass are potential feedstock for ethanol and other fermentations due to available carbohydrates; starch, sugars, and hemicellulosic fractions can be converted via enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation.

Scientific and model use:
Avena barbata is used in population and quantitative genetics research and as a model for ecological adaptation. Nuclear genome resources and population genomic datasets support studies of selection, genotype–phenotype associations, and breeding-related variation in Avena.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented dye or tannin products are reported for this taxon.

Standards and regulation:
Feed grain and forage are subject to national feed and forage quality standards (e.g., FDA/USDA FSIS for safety and labeling, EFSA/FEFAC in the EU); grains for food use must meet relevant food safety and labeling requirements where applicable.

Sustainability and sourcing:
A. barbata is an annual grass widely naturalized in many regions and may be considered weedy. Most production is incidental to oat cultivation; there are no dedicated production systems or sustainability certifications specific to this species.Environmental controls to prevent spread in agriculture are advised.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Avena alba var. barbata (Link) Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 2: 275 1953
Avena almeriensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 443 (1905)
Avena atheranthera C.Presl Cyper. Gramin. Sicul. : 30 (1820)
Avena barbata Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 108 (1804)
Avena barbata subsp. atheranthera (J.Presl) Roche Afonso Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 358 1978
Avena barbata subsp. castellana Romero Zarco Lagascalia 16: 262 (1990)
Avena barbata subsp. hirtula (Lag.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 70 (1974)
Avena barbata subsp. lusitanica (Tab.Morais) Romero Zarco Lagascalia 14: 166 (1986)
Avena barbata subsp. subtypica (Malzev) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR 242 1976
Avena barbata subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 479. 1959 (1959)
Avena barbata var. caspica Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 6: 41. 1894
Avena barbata var. wiestii (Steud.) Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 6: 45 1894
Avena bolivaris Sennen Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 18: 176 (1918)
Avena cypria Sibth. Trav. Var. East 23. 1820 (1820)
Avena damascena Rajhathy & B.R.Baum Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 14: 646 (1972)
Avena deusta Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 719 (1878)
Avena hirsuta Roth Catal. Bot. 3: 19. 1806 (1806)
Avena hirtula Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl. : 4 (1816)
Avena hoppeana Scheele Flora 27: 57 (1844)
Avena lagascae Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Esp.) 1926: n.° 5980. (1926)
Avena lusitanica (Tab.Morais) B.R.Baum Monogr. Res. Branch Canada Dept. Agric. 14: 227 (1977)
Avena malzevii Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 78(10): 89 (1993)
Avena matritensis B.R.Baum Monogr. Res. Branch Canada Dept. Agric. 14: 233 (1977)
Avena maxima C.Presl Fl. Sicul. : xliv (1826)
Avena nuda subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Á.Löve Bot. Not. 114: 50. 1961 (1961)
Avena sallentiana Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 17: 133. 1918 (1918)
Avena sativa var. barbata (Pott ex Link) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 109. 1923
Avena segetalis Bianca ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 810 (1882)
Avena serrulatiglumis Sennen & Mauricio Diagn. Nouv. : 248 (1936)
Avena sterilis subsp. atheranthera (C.Presl) H.Scholz Willdenowia 20: 108. 1991 (1991)
Avena strigosa subsp. barbata Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 330 (1911)
Avena strigosa subsp. hirtula (Lag.) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 247. 1930 (1930)
Avena strigosa subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 333. 1912 (1912)
Avena strigosa var. subtypica Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 275. 1930
Avena villosa Lag. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 670 (1817)
Avena wiestii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 231 (1854)
Avena strigosa subsp. lusitanica (Tab.Morais) Jauzein Fl. Champs Cult. : 863 (1995)
Avena alba var. hirtula (Lag.) Emb. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 933. 1941
Avena alba var. wiestii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 277. 1953
Avena barbata var. subtypica (Malz.) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 242 (1976)
Avena barbata subsp. hirtula (Lag.) E.Morren Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 13: 622 1938
Avena barbata var. hirtula (Lag.) Pérez Lara Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 15: 398 1886
Avena barbata subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 70. 1974
Avena nuda subsp. wiestii Á.Löve & D.Löve
Avena sterilis f. segetalis (Bianca ex Nyman) Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 52 1913
Avena sterilis var. segetalis (Bianca ex Nyman) Trab. IVe Confer. Internat. Genet. Paris 1911: 336, f. 5 1913
Avena barbata subvar. lusitanica Tab.Morais Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 13: 624 (1939)
Avena barbata var. subtypica (Malzev) Tzvelev Zlaki SSSR : 242 (1976)
Avena hirsuta Moench Suppl. Meth. : 64 (1802)
Avena fatua subsp. barbata (Pott ex Link) Rouy Fl. France 14: 124 (1913)
Avena barbata subsp. hoppeana (Scheele) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 62 (1890)
Avena barbata var. media Rouy Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier) , sér. 3, 3: 248 (1883)
Avena barbata var. triflora Willk. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 68 (1861)
Avena barbata var. minor Lange Pug. Pl. Hispan. : 39 (1860)
Avena sterilis var. barbata (Pott ex Link) Lapeyrère Fl. Départ. Landes : 468 (1902)
Avena barbata var. frutescens Trab. Fl. Algérie , Monocot.: 62 (1895)
Avena barbata subvar. hirsuta (Moench) Tab.Morais Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 13: 619 (1939)
Avena strigosa subvar. deserticola Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 277 (1930)
Avena strigosa subvar. triflora Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 271 (1930)
Avena alba f. triflora (Malzev) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 276 (1953)
Avena alba f. fallax (Maire & Weiller) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 276 (1953)
Avena alba subvar. minor (Lange) Maire & Weiller Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 308 (1939)
Avena strigosa subvar. minor (Lange) Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 249 (1930)
Avena strigosa subvar. glabrifolia Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 251 (1930)
Avena alba subvar. glabrifolia (Malzev) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 277 (1953)
Avena alba subvar. aristulata (Malzev) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 277 (1953)
Avena strigosa subvar. aristulata Malzev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 38: 252 (1930)
Avena barbata f. colorata Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.f., 13-14: 47 (1899)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English slender oat
English bearded wild oats
English slender wild oat
English slender wild oats
Afrikaans wilde baardhawer
Arabic شوفان بري
Bulgarian брадат овес
co lacciaghjola
Czech oves vousatý
Welsh ceirchen goliog
German bart-hafer
Quechua usa qachu
Slovenian brkati oves
Chinese 裂稃燕麦
Chinese 细茎野燕麦
Chinese 細莖野燕麥

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
      • Western Sahara
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Kuwait
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexican Pacific Islands
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000851697
UNII 5K72ZX77OW
USDA Plants AVBA
Tropicos 25510596
Flora of Italy 12881
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:391337-1
The Plant List kew-397352
Open Tree Of Life 944135
Observations.org 115452
NCBI Taxonomy 146530
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000004859
Nature Serve 2.159484
IPNI 391337-1
iNaturalist 52696
GBIF 2705300
Freebase /m/051wk7j
EPPO AVEBA
EOL 1114781
Calflora (Californian flora) 1017
USDA GRIN 6089
Wikipedia Avena_barbata

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_947310925.1 Abarbata_PI388828_v1.0 Chromosome Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research 2025-08-13 25 6.47 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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The genotype of barley cultivars influences multiple aspects of their associated microbiota via differential root exudate secretion Pacheco-Moreno A, Bollmann-Giolai A, Chandra G, Brett P, Davies J, Thornton O, Poole P, Ramachandran V, Brown JK, Nicholson P, Ridout C, DeVos S, Malone JG PLoS Biol 25-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11045101
doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002232
PMID:38662644
An isoflavone catabolism gene cluster underlying interkingdom interactions in the soybean rhizosphere Aoki N, Shimasaki T, Yazaki W, Sato T, Nakayasu M, Ando A, Kishino S, Ogawa J, Masuda S, Shibata A, Shirasu K, Yazaki K, Sugiyama A ISME Commun 09-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11069340
doi:10.1093/ismeco/ycae052
PMID:38707841
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Predictions of rhizosphere microbiome dynamics with a genome-informed and trait-based energy budget model Marschmann GL, Tang J, Zhalnina K, Karaoz U, Cho H, Le B, Pett-Ridge J, Brodie EL Nat Microbiol 05-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10847045
doi:10.1038/s41564-023-01582-w
PMID:38316928
Flavonoids influence key rhizocompetence traits for early root colonization and PCB degradation potential of Paraburkholderia xenovorans LB400 Ghitti E, Rolli E, Vergani L, Borin S Front Plant Sci 02-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10869545
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1325048
PMID:38371405
The Function of Root Exudates in the Root Colonization by Beneficial Soil Rhizobacteria Chen L, Liu Y Biology (Basel) 02-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10886372
doi:10.3390/biology13020095
PMID:38392313
Reproducible growth of Brachypodium in EcoFAB 2.0 reveals that nitrogen form and starvation modulate root exudation Novak V, Andeer PF, Bowen BP, Ding Y, Zhalnina K, Hofmockel KS, Tomaka C, Harwood TV, van Winden MC, Golini AN, Kosina SM, Northen TR Sci Adv 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10776018
doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg7888
PMID:38170767
Unraveling the interplay between root exudates, microbiota, and rhizosheath formation in pearl millet Alahmad A, Harir M, Fochesato S, Tulumello J, Walker A, Barakat M, Ndour PM, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Cournac L, Laplaze L, Heulin T, Achouak W Microbiome 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10763007
doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01727-3
PMID:38167150
Comparative analysis of nitrogen content and its influence on actinorhizal nodule and rhizospheric microorganism diversity in three Alnus species Yuan Y, Chen Z, Huang X, Wang F, Guo H, Huang Z, Yang H Front Microbiol 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10758417
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1230170
PMID:38169791
Metal toxin threat in wildland fires determined by geology and fire severity Lopez AM, Pacheco JL, Fendorf S Nat Commun 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10716285
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43101-9
PMID:38086795
Synecology of Lagoecia cuminoides L. in Italy and evaluation of functional compounds presence in its water or hydroalcoholic extracts Perrino EV, Mahmoud ZN, Valerio F, Tomaselli V, Wagensommer RP, Trani A Sci Rep 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10684886
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-48065-w
PMID:38017138
Rice bacterial leaf blight drives rhizosphere microbial assembly and function adaptation Jiang H, Luo J, Liu Q, Ogunyemi SO, Ahmed T, Li B, Yu S, Wang X, Yan C, Chen J, Li B Microbiol Spectr 17-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10715139
doi:10.1128/spectrum.01059-23
PMID:37846986
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Rhizosphere and detritusphere habitats modulate expression of soil N-cycling genes during plant development Sieradzki ET, Nuccio EE, Pett-Ridge J, Firestone MK mSystems 27-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10654102
doi:10.1128/msystems.00315-23
PMID:37754554
Water deficit changes patterns of selection on floral signals and nectar rewards in the common morning glory García Y, Dow BS, Parachnowitsch AL AoB Plants 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10601024
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad061
PMID:37899982

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