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Details for: PI 317477,
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski, No. 776
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski
Top Name:
No. 776
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Nov 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Inventory Volume:
174
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski
Top Name:
No. 776
Origin:
Collected – Afghanistan
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Nov 1966
PI Assigned:
1966
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
Afghanistan
Locality:
Dry hillside near road, 16km east of Qala Shaharak
Elevation:
2468m.
Collector(s):
Reading University Exploration Society
The Orchard - Chalk Lane
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 776
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski
Genus:
Taeniatherum
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Nomen number:
36195
Place of publication:
Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17:38. 1934
Verified:
10/02/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski subsp.
asperum
(Simonk.) Melderis
(5 active accession[s])
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski subsp.
caput-medusae
(4 active accession[s])
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski subsp.
crinitum
(Schreb.) Melderis
(30 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Taeniatherum
spp.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
medusahead-rye
1
Cronquist, A. et al.
1972-. Intermountain flora.
English
Medusa's-head
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Portuguese (Brazil)
centeio-silvestre-cabe�a-de-Medusa
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Swedish
medusagräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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References
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The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
03 Oct 2006, from
Taeniatherum
spp. to
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
(L.) Nevski
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