Danthonia

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Danthonia
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Danthonia intermedia
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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]
  • SieglingiaBernh.
  • MerathreptaRaf.
  • BrachateraDesv.
  • TriodonBaumg.
  • DanthosieglingiaDomin

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]
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 .

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References

  1. ↑ "Danthonia". Tropicos . Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 32
  4. ↑ "Genere Danthonia". Altervista Flora Italiana.
  5. ↑ Wu, Zhen-lan; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Danthonia". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. ↑ "Danthonia DC.". Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden – via Tropicos.org.
  7. ↑ "Danthonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  8. ↑ "Danthonia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
  9. ↑ "Danthonia DC., Wallaby grasses". Atlas of Living Australia.
  10. ↑ Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine : descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 28 November 2005.
  11. ↑ Linder, H. Peter; Baeza, Marcelo; Barker, Nigel P.; Galley, Chloé; Humphreys, Aelys M.; Lloyd, Kelvin M.; Orlovich, David A.; Pirie, Michael D.; Simon, Bryan K.; Walsh, Neville; Verboom, G. Anthony (2010). "A Generic Classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 97 (3): 306–364. doi:10.3417/2009006. S2CID   86082569.
  12. ↑ "Danthonia". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Danthonia". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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