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Taeniatherum

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Taeniatherum

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Taeniatherum is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq
Observations recorded13,818

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
30
With media
14
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, NHMUK, NCSC, BRIT, MNHN, NY
Recorded in
Indonesia, Turkey, Syria, South Africa

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History and origin
  • Life cycle and growing habits
  • Identification
  • Effects on wildlife and grazing
  • Control methods
  • Mechanical
  • Burning
  • Chemical
  • Biological
  • Grazing
  • Restoration
  • Prevention
  • References
  • External links

Taeniatherum is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.

The only recognized species is medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) which is native to southern and central Europe (from Portugal to European Russia), North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), and Asia (from Turkey and Saudi Arabia to Pakistan and Kazakhstan). It is also naturalized in southern Australia, Chile, and parts of North America.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taeniatherum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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