| Danthonia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Danthonia intermedia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Danthonioideae |
| Tribe: | Danthonieae |
| Genus: | Danthonia DC. |
| Type species | |
| Danthonia spicata (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
| |
Danthonia is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and American plants in the grass family. [3] Members of this genus are sometimes referred to as oatgrass, but that common name is not restricted to this genus. Other common names include heathgrass and wallaby grass. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Australian species have since been reclassified into the genus Rytidosperma . [11]
- Species [2] [12] [13]
- Danthonia alpina Vest – central + southern Europe; Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus
- Danthonia annableae P.M.Peterson & Rúgolo – Bolivia, Argentina
- Danthonia araucana Phil. – Chile
- Danthonia boliviensis Renvoize – Bolivia
- Danthonia × breviaristata (Beck) Vierh – France, Italy, Austria, Czech Rep, Romania
- Danthonia breviseta Hack. – Rio de Janeiro
- Danthonia californica Bol. – BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT MT WY SD CO AZ NM; Chile
- Danthonia cernua Döll – Brazil
- Danthonia chaseana Conert – Minas Gerais
- Danthonia chiapasensis Davidse – Chiapas
- Danthonia chilensis É.Desv. – Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
- Danthonia cirrata Hack. & Arechav. – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
- Danthonia compressa Austin – mountain oatgrass, flattened oatgrass, slender oatgrass – eastern North America from Georgia to Nova Scotia + Ontario
- Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. – common heath grass – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus
- Danthonia domingensis Hack. & Pilg. – Hispaniola, Jamaica
- Danthonia holm-nielsenii Laegaard – Ecuador
- Danthonia intermedia Vasey – timber oatgrass, intermediate oatgrass – western United States, Canada, Russian Far East
- Danthonia malacantha (Steud.) Pilg. – Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
- Danthonia melanathera (Hack.) Bernardello – Argentina
- Danthonia montevidensis Hack. & Arechav. – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
- Danthonia parryi Scribn. – ALB SAS CO MT WY NM
- Danthonia rhizomata Swallen – Brazil, Uruguay
- Danthonia rugoloana Sulekic – Salta
- Danthonia secundiflora J.Presl – from Mexico to Uruguay
- Danthonia sericea Nutt. – eastern + central United States
- Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – poverty oatgrass, poverty grass – from Alaska + Greenland to Veracruz
- Danthonia unispicata (Thurb.) Munro ex Macoun – onespike oatgrass – ALB BC SAS WA ID MT OR WY SD UT NV CA
- Formerly included [2]
A number of species which were formerly classified under Danthonia are now included in Amphibromus , Astrebla , Chionochloa , Joycea , Karroochloa , Monachather , Merxmuellera , Notodanthonia , Plinthanthesis , Rytidosperma or Schismus .
