Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Hordeeae
Genus: Taeniatherum
Species: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Name

Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski, 1934

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cuviera caput-medusae (L.) Simonk. in Term. Közl. 27: 274 (1895)
  • Elymus caput-medusae L. in Sp. Pl.: 84 (1753)
  • Hordelymus caput-medusae (L.) Pignatti in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 111: 58 (1977)
  • Hordeum caput-medusae (L.) Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 198 (1855)
  • Leptothrix caput-medusae (L.) Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 66 (1868)
  • Taeniatherum crinitum var. caput-medusae (L.) Wipff in Sida 13: 120 (1988), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Cuviera aspera (Simonk.) Simonk. in Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 86 (1904)
  • Cuviera bobartii (Asch. & Graebn.) Podp. in Práce Morav. Prír. Spolecn. 2(10): 386 (1926)
  • Cuviera caput-medusae var. aspera Simonk. in Term. Közl. 29: 230 (1897)
  • Cuviera crinita (Schreb.) Podp. in Práce Morav. Prír. Spolecn. 2(10): 386 (1926)
  • Elymus asper (Simonk.) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 2800 (1907), nom. illeg.
  • Elymus caput-medusae var. asper (Simonk.) Halácsy in Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 426 (1904)
  • Elymus caput-medusae var. bobartii (Asch. & Graebn.) Fiori in Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 163 (1923)
  • Elymus caput-medusae subsp. bobartii (Asch. & Graebn.) H.Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 16 (1932)
  • Elymus caput-medusae subsp. crinitus (Schreb.) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 3: 393 (1955)
  • Elymus caput-medusae var. crinitus (Schreb.) Ball in Spic. Moroc.: 732 (1878)
  • Elymus crinitus Schreb. in Beschr. Gräs. 2: 15 (1770)
  • Elymus intermedius M.Bieb. in Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 82 (1808)
  • Elymus montanus Pall. ex Georgi in Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich, Nachtr.: 258 (1802), nom. nud.
  • Elymus platatherus Link in Hort. Berol. 1: 18 (1827)
  • Hordelymus asper (Simonk.) Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 583 (1972)
  • Hordelymus caput-medusae subsp. asper (Simonk.) Pignatti in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 111: 9 (1977)
  • Hordelymus caput-medusae subsp. crinitus (Schreb.) Pignatti in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 111: 59 (1977)
  • Hordeum asperum (Simonk.) Degen in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 744 (1901)
  • Hordeum bobartii Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 743 (1902)
  • Hordeum caput-medusae subsp. asperum (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 744 (1901)
  • Hordeum crinitum (Schreb.) Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 1: 113 (1798)
  • Hordeum intermedium (M.Bieb.) Hausskn. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 14: 59 (1899)
  • Hordeum intermedium var. intercedens Hausskn. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 14: 60 (1899)
  • Hordeum oligostachyum Flatt in Term. Füz. 18: 114, 142 (1895)
  • Leptothrix crinita (Schreb.) Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 66 (1868)
  • Taeniatherum asperum (Simonk.) Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 22 (1933)
  • Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. asperum (Simonk.) Melderis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 81 (1984)
  • Taeniatherum caput-medusae var. asperum (Simonk.) A.Pujadas in Acta Bot. Malac. 38: 259 (2013)
  • Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. crinitum (Schreb.) Melderis in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 81 (1984)
  • Taeniatherum caput-medusae var. crinitum (Schreb.) Humphries in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 343 (1978)
  • Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 22 (1933)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Regional: Southwestern Europe Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Regional: Peninsular arabia Saudi Arabia Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, East European Russia, Greece, Italy, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Regional: Central Europe Switzerland, Hungary Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Introduced into: California, Canary Is., Chile Central, Connecticut, Great Britain, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Australia, Utah, Washington References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nevski, S.A., 1934. Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17:38. 1934

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Taeniatherum caput-medusae. Published online. Accessed: Sep-02 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Taeniatherum caput-medusae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sep 02. Reference page. 
• {{GRIN||11836|23 March 2006)

Vernacular names

English: medusahead

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