Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Triticeae > Genus Taeniatherum

Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Taeniatherum*	Nevski	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Elymus caput-medusae*	L.	basionym
*Cuviera caput-medusae*	(L.) Simonk.	homotypic synonym
*Elymus caput-medusae*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Hordelymus caput-medusae*	(L.) Pignatti	homotypic synonym
*Hordeum caput-medusae*	(L.) Coss. & Durieu	homotypic synonym

Children

Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski subsp. caput-medusae
Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. asperum (Simonk.) Melderis
Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. crinitum (Schreb.) Melderis

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Spanish, Castillian: cabeza de medusa; espiga erizada; rompe sacos; rompesacos sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: medusagräs

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Nevski in Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., ser. 8b, Bot. 17. 1934.

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Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=30871E2A-A767-42F5-A21B-D29605B8B82C

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2009-06-15 by Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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