Taeniatherum

Medusahead
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Taeniatherum Nevski [1]
Binomial name
Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski
Type species
Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski[1]
Synonyms[2]
Elymus caput-medusae L. Hordeum caput-medusae (L.) Coss. & Durieu Leptothrix caput-medusae (L.) Dumort. Cuviera caput-medusae (L.) Simonk. Hordelymus caput-medusae (L.) Pignatti Taeniatherum crinitum var. caput-medusae (L.) Wipff Elymus crinitus Schreb. Hordeum crinitum (Schreb.) Desf. Elymus montanus Pall. ex Georgi Elymus intermedius M.Bieb. Elymus platatherus Link Leptothrix crinita (Schreb.) Dumort. Elymus caput-medusae var. crinitus (Schreb.) Ball Hordeum oligostachyum Flatt Cuviera caput-medusae var. aspera Simonk. Hordeum intermedium (M.Bieb.) Hausskn. Hordeum intermedium var. intercedens Hausskn. Hordeum asperum (Simonk.) Degen Hordeum caput-medusae subsp. asperum (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn. Hordeum bobartii Asch. & Graebn. Cuviera aspera (Simonk.) Simonk. Elymus caput-medusae var. asper (Simonk.) Halácsy Cuviera bobartii (Asch. & Graebn.) Podp. Cuviera crinita (Schreb.) Podp. Taeniatherum asperum (Simonk.) Nevski Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski Elymus caput-medusae subsp. crinitus (Schreb.) Maire Hordelymus asper (Simonk.) Beldie Hordelymus caput-medusae subsp. asper (Simonk.) Pignatti Hordelymus caput-medusae subsp. crinitus (Schreb.) Pignatti Taeniatherum caput-medusae var. crinitum (Schreb.) Humphries Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. asper (Simonk.) Melderis Taeniatherum caput-medusae subsp. crinitum (Schreb.) Melderis

Taeniatherum is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.^[3][4][5]

Species

The only recognized species is Taeniatherum caput-medusae, called Medusahead. It is native to southern + central Europe (from Portugal to European Russia), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), and Asia (from Turkey + Saudi Arabia to Pakistan + Kazakhstan).^{[2][6][7][8][9]}

It is also naturalized in south Australia, Chile, and parts of North America.^{[10][11][12][13]}

References

1. In: Trudy Sredne-Aziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya 8b, Botanika 17: 38. 1934. "Name - Taeniatherum Nevski". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 15, 2010. Type Specimens: Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Nevski, Sergei Arsenjevic. 1934. Trudy Sredne-Aziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya 8b, Botanika 17: 38
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Frederiksen, S. 1986. Revision of Taeniatherum (Poaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 6(4): 389–397
6. Altervista Flora Italiana genere Taeniatherum
7. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem
8. Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press
9. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève
10. Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map
11. Meghan Skaer, 24 Jan 2014, Global Invasions Network, New Kid on the Block: A novel invader in an invaded community
12. Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia, Taeniatherum caput-medusae
13. Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348