Triticum araraticum

Triticum araraticum (Araratian wild emmer or Armenian wild emmer) is a wild tetraploid species of wheat. "T. araraticum" is one of the least studied wheat species in the world.
Genealogy.
The "T. araraticum" species appears to have arisen from the natural hybridization of T. boeoticum and Aegilops speltoides. "T. araraticum" is similar to the domestic T. timopheevii in several ways including physical appearance, cytoplasm type and DNA content. The relationship has led some taxonomists to classify "T. araraticum" as a subspecies of "T. timopheevii". In July 1988 different lines of "T. araraticum" were studied using the C-banding method revealing that "T. araraticum" was of genome composition AAGG.
Geography.
The araraticum subspecies of "T. araraticum" grows primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey, while the "kurdistanicum" subspecies grows in Iraq and the nearby areas of Iran and Turkey.
In Armenia, the subspecies can be found in Voghjaberd and Vedi villages near capital Yerevan and the villages of Areni, Arpi and Aghavnadzor in Vayots Dzor Province.