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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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