Taeniatherum

Medusahead
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Taeniatherum Nevski
Binomial name
Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski
Type species
Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski
Synonyms
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.

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).

It is also naturalized in south Australia, Chile, and parts of North America.

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