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]
| Danthonia | |
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| Danthonia intermedia | |
Scientific classification 
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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]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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- 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.
References edit
- ^ "Danthonia". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 32
- ^ "Genere Danthonia". Altervista Flora Italiana.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Danthonia DC.". Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden – via Tropicos.org.
- ^ "Danthonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- ^ "Danthonia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
- ^ "Danthonia DC., Wallaby grasses". Atlas of Living Australia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Danthonia". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ "Danthonia". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.