| Hordeum muticum | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Poaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Pooideae | 
| Genus: | Hordeum | 
| Species: | H. muticum | 
| Binomial name | |
| Hordeum muticum | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Hordeum muticum is a species of wild barley in the grass family Poaceae, native to the high central Andes; Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northern Argentina, and introduced to Ecuador. [2] A diploid, its closest relative is Hordeum cordobense , a lowland species with a more southerly distribution. [3]