Taxon: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski subsp. caput-medusae

Genus:

Taeniatherum

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Hordeinae

Nomen number:

317718

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

01-oct-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-may-2011

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

See other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

Basionym: Elymus caput-medusae L.

Common names:

medusahead-rye (Source: State Noxweed Seed) - English
Medusa's-head (Source: Websters Dict) - English

Economic Importance:

Weed: (fide State Noxweed Seed)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (s.)
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s.), Portugal, Spain

Naturalized

Northern America

United States (w.)

References:

Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually). (State Noxweed Seed)

Check other web resources for Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski subsp. caput-medusae :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=317718. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.