Avena insularis is a species of wild oat in the genus Avena that is native to Southern Sicilia and North-Eastern Tunisia.[1] The species is a tetraploid and is found in uncultivated patches around the Mediterranean.[2]

Avena insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Avena
Species:
A. insularis
Binomial name
Avena insularis
Ladiz.

The species is suspected of being closely related to hexaploid oats Avena sativa and Avena byzantina.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ladizinsky, G. (1998). "A new species of Avena from Sicily, possibly the tetraploid progenitor of hexaploid oats". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 45 (3): 263–269. doi:10.1023/A:1008657530466.
  2. ^ Ladizinsky, Gideon; Jellen, E.N. (2003). "Cytogenetic affinities between populations of Avena insularis Ladizinsky from Sicily and Tunisia". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 50 (1): 11–15. doi:10.1023/A:1022948413876.
  3. ^ Fominaya, Araceli; Loarce, Yolanda; González, Juan M.; Ferrer, Esther (15 October 2021). "Cytogenetic evidence supports Avena insularis being closely related to hexaploid oats". PLOS ONE. 16 (10): e0257100. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257100. PMC 8519437. PMID 34653181.