Scientific Name of Cereals

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Cereals are an essential part of our daily diet, cereals are rich source of carbohydrate which is essential source of energy in animals and it’s accounting for the majority of the world’s food supply. World’s major cereal crop is wheat. They are an essential aspect of human nutrition, from breakfast cereals to the grains that form the base of bread, rice, and pasta. Cereals, in addition to their culinary significance, have scientific names that give light on their taxonomy and origin.

We’ve created a thorough list of scientific names for cereal crops to provide you with a reputable resource. In this blog, we mentioned the scientific names of cereal crops.

List of Scientific Name of Cereals

Cereals Crops	Botanical name
Rice	Oryza sativa
Wheat	Triticum aestivum
Spelt wheat	Triticum spelta
Durum wheat	Triticum durum
Emmer Wheat	Triticum dicoccon
Barley	Hordeum vulgare
Bajra (Pearl millet)	Pennisetum americanum
Sorghum, guinea corn	Sorghum bicolor
Corn (maize)	Zea mays
Corn for salad	Valerianellalo custa
Finger millet/ Ragi/Mandu	Eleusine coracana
Foxtail millet/ Kakun/ Kangni	Setaria italic
Barnyard millet/ Sanwa/ Jhangora	Echinochloa frumentacea
Little millet/ Kutki	Panicum sumatrense
Kodo millet	Paspalum scrobiculatum
Proso millet/ Cheena	Panicum miliaceum
Japanese millet	Echinochloa esculenta
Brown top millet	Brachiaria ramosa
Crap grass	Digitaria cruciate
Jobs tear millet	Coix lacryma
Buck wheat/ Kuttu	Fagopyrum esculentum & F. tataricum
Rye	Secale cereal