Danthonia is a genus of , , and Americas plants in the Poaceae.[Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1805. Flore Française. Troisième Édition 3: 32] 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.[Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world : 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.]
Australian species have since been reclassified into the genus Rytidosperma.
- Species
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Danthonia alpina Vest – central + southern Europe; Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus
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Danthonia annableae P.M.Peterson & Rúgolo – Bolivia, Argentina
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Danthonia araucana Phil. – Chile
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Danthonia boliviensis Renvoize – Bolivia
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Danthonia × breviaristata (Beck) Vierh – France, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania
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Danthonia breviseta Hack. – Rio de Janeiro
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Danthonia californica Bol. – British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan WA Oregon California Nevada Idaho Utah Montana Wyoming South Dakota Colorado Arizona New Mexico; Chile
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Danthonia cernua Döll – Brazil
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Danthonia chaseana Conert – Minas Gerais
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Danthonia chiapasensis Davidse – Chiapas
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Danthonia chilensis É.Desv. – Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
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Danthonia cirrata Hack. & Arechav. – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
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Danthonia compressa Austin – mountain oatgrass, flattened oatgrass, slender oatgrass – eastern North America from Georgia to Nova Scotia + Ontario
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Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. – common heath grass – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus
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Danthonia domingensis Hack. & Pilg. – Hispaniola, Jamaica
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Danthonia holm-nielsenii Laegaard – Ecuador
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Danthonia intermedia Vasey – timber oatgrass, intermediate oatgrass – western United States, Canada, Russian Far East
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Danthonia malacantha (Steud.) Pilg. – Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
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Danthonia melanathera (Hack.) Bernardello – Argentina
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Danthonia montevidensis Hack. & Arechav. – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
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Danthonia parryi Scribn. – Alberta Saskatchewan Colorado Montana Wyoming New Mexico
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Danthonia rhizomata Swallen – Brazil, Uruguay
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Danthonia rugoloana Sulekic – Salta Province
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Danthonia secundiflora J.Presl – from Mexico to Uruguay
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Danthonia sericea Nutt. – eastern + central United States
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Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. – poverty oatgrass, poverty grass – from Alaska + Greenland to Veracruz
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Danthonia unispicata (Thurb.) Munro ex Macoun – onespike oatgrass – Alberta British Columbia Saskatchewan WA Idaho Montana Oregon Wyoming South Dakota Utah Nevada California
- Formerly included
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.
