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Scientific or common name:

Elymus caput-medusae L.


POACEAE Family selection - Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Elymus caput-medusae L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 84 (1753)
Rank: species
See: ► Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Medusahead
en English name: medusa's-head
English name: medusahead-rye

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
 

Synonyms:
= Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski
= Taeniatherum asperum auct. non (Simonkai) Nevski
= Taeniatherum crinitum (Schreb.) Nevski var. caput-medusae (L.) Wipff



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Elymus
Species:


Page counter: 159 ( AVG: 223.58 / 88.266 )



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Elymus caput-medusae
Elymus caput-medusae
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, CT, ID, MT, NV, NY, OR, PA, UT, WA)

Distributional map for Elymus caput-medusae L.
Map for Elymus caput-medusae L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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2) Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr. [100]
3) Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr. var. pubens (Piper) C.L. Hitchc. [90]
4) Elymus condensatus J. Presl var. pubens Piper [149]
5) Elymus crescendus L.C. Wheeler [141]
6) Elymus cylindricus (Franch.) Honda [151]
7) Elymus donianus (F.B. White) A. Löve & D. Löve ssp. virescens (Lange) A. Löve & D. Löve [135]
8) Elymus europaeus L. [134]
9) Elymus glabriflorus (Vasey) Scribn. & C.R. Ball var. australis (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) J.J.N. Campbell [135]
10) Elymus griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G. Sm. ex Piper) A. Löve [144]

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