| Avena byzantina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Avena |
| Species: | A. byzantina |
| Binomial name | |
| Avena byzantina K.Koch | |
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Avena sativa subsp. byzantina (K.Koch) Romero Zarco | |
Avena byzantina, red oats, is a species of cultivated oat native to Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, the Transcaucasus, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Cultivated for thousands of years, it is better suited to warmer conditions than white or common oats (Avena sativa), but is often sown as a no‑till winter crop. There are 564 landraces and 203 cultivars of red oats listed in the European Plant Genetic Resources Search Catalogue (EURISCO). Approximately 10% of the millions of hectares worldwide under oats are devoted to red oats, principally for fodder.
References
- Linnaea 21: 392 (1848)
- ^ "Avena byzantina K.Koch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- Nikoloudakis, Nikolaos; Bladenopoulos, Konstantinos; Katsiotis, Andreas (2016). "Structural patterns and genetic diversity among oat (Avena) landraces assessed by microsatellite markers and morphological analysis". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 63 (5): 801–811. doi:10.1007/s10722-015-0284-9. S2CID 17183154.
- Boczkowska, Maja; Podyma, Wiesław; Łapiński, Bogusław (2016). "Oat". Genetic and Genomic Resources for Grain Cereals Improvement. pp. 159–225. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802000-5.00004-6. ISBN 9780128020005.
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