Summary
Verified:
10/01/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Frederiksen, S. 1986. Revision of Taeniatherum (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 6:393-394.
- Humphries, C. J. 1978. Variation in Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski. In: V. E. Heywood (ed.), Flora europaea. Notulae systematicae ad floram Europaeam spectantes. No. 20. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76:340-344.
- Melderis, A. 1984. New taxa and combinations in Gramineae tribe Triticeae from Turkey. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42:81.
- 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).
- Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
- Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
medusahead-rye – Medusa's-head –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Northern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Weed | | | 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). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=317718.
Accessed 28 December 2024.