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This interactive multimedia CD-ROM covers all 32 species, subspecies and varieties of the monophyletic plant group Hordeum L., part of the tribe Triticeae, family Poaceae (Gramineae). This plant group includes the important cereal barley, Hordeum vulgare. The program includes an extensive introduction to species concepts, morphology, distribution, ecology, biology, reproduction, genome relationships and genetic resources. All described species and lower taxa are illustrated by black and white photographs and detailed drawings. Both a traditional identification key and a multientry, computer-assisted key to all the taxa are included, as well as interactive distribution maps, a glossary of terms and a complete literature reference database.