Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 84 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Lusitaniae, Hispaniae maritimis."

Nevski, S.A. (1934), Trudy Sredne-Aziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Serija 8b. Botanika 17: 34 [basionym]

basionym of: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 71 [secondary reference]

Henwood, M.J. & Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Taeniatherum. Flora of Australia 44A: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Elymus caput medus L. orth. var.

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