Danthonia

Danthonia is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and American plants in the grass family. 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. Australian species have since been reclassified into the genus Rytidosperma.

• Danthonia alpina <small>Vest</small> – central + southern Europe; Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus
• Danthonia annableae <small>P.M.Peterson & Rúgolo</small> – Bolivia, Argentina
• Danthonia araucana <small>Phil.</small> – Chile
• Danthonia boliviensis <small>Renvoize</small> – Bolivia
• Danthonia × breviaristata <small>(Beck) Vierh</small> – France, Italy, Austria, Czech Rep, Romania
• Danthonia breviseta <small>Hack.</small> – Rio de Janeiro
• Danthonia californica <small>Bol.</small> – BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT MT WY SD CO AZ NM; Chile
• Danthonia cernua <small>Döll</small> – Brazil
• Danthonia chaseana <small>Conert</small> – Minas Gerais
• Danthonia chiapasensis <small>Davidse</small> – Chiapas
• Danthonia chilensis <small>É.Desv.</small> – Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
• Danthonia cirrata <small>Hack. & Arechav.</small> – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
• Danthonia compressa <small>Austin</small> – mountain oatgrass, flattened oatgrass, slender oatgrass – eastern North America from Georgia to Nova Scotia + Ontario
• Danthonia decumbens <small>(L.) DC.</small> – common heath grass – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus
• Danthonia domingensis <small>Hack. & Pilg.</small> – Hispaniola, Jamaica
• Danthonia holm-nielsenii <small>Laegaard</small> – Ecuador
• Danthonia intermedia <small>Vasey</small> – timber oatgrass, intermediate oatgrass – western United States, Canada, Russian Far East
• Danthonia malacantha <small>(Steud.) Pilg.</small> – Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
• Danthonia melanathera <small>(Hack.) Bernardello</small> – Argentina
• Danthonia montevidensis <small>Hack. & Arechav.</small> – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
• Danthonia parryi <small>Scribn.</small> – ALB SAS CO MT WY NM
• Danthonia rhizomata <small>Swallen</small> – Brazil, Uruguay
• Danthonia rugoloana <small>Sulekic</small> – Salta
• Danthonia secundiflora <small>J.Presl </small> – from Mexico to Uruguay
• Danthonia sericea <small>Nutt.</small> – eastern + central United States
• Danthonia spicata <small>(L.) Roem. & Schult.</small> – poverty oatgrass, poverty grass – from Alaska + Greenland to Veracruz
• Danthonia unispicata <small>(Thurb.) Munro ex Macoun</small> – onespike oatgrass – ALB BC SAS WA ID MT OR WY SD UT NV CA

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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