Elymus caput-medusae Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 84. 1753.

"Habitat in Lusitaniae, Hispaniae maritimis." RCN: 702.

Lectotype (Humphries in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 342. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 100.6 (LINN) .

Current name: Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski subsp. caput-medusae ( Poaceae).

Note: Although Humphries indicated the type sheet as “106.6”, it seems clear that this was simply a typographical error for “100.6” .