Danthonia

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Danthonia DC.
POACEAE
OATGRASS
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Classification
POALES
Danthonia
Citation
DANTHONIA de Candolle, in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. Franc., ed. 3. 3: 32. 1805, nom. cons. vs. Sieglingia Bernhardi 1800.
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TYPE: Danthonia spicata (Linnaeus) de Candolle, typ. cons. (Avena spicata Linnaeus)
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Danthonia sericea DOWNY DANTHONIA Native FACU (NWPL)
Danthonia spicata POVERTYGRASS Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Leaf sheaths usually villous, occasionally glabrate; glumes 14-18 mm long; lemma margin hairs 2.5-4 mm long; lemma awns 10-17 mm long
D. sericea
1.  Leaf sheaths glabrous or pilose at base; glumes 7-10 mm long; lemma hairs 0.5-2 mm long, awns 2-8 mm long
D. spicata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Brachatera Brachatera Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189. 1810. TYPE: = Sieglingia Bernhardi 1800.
Crinipes Crinipes Hochstetter, Flora 38: 279. 1855. TYPE: Crinipes abyssinicus (Hochstetter) Hochstetter (Danthonia abyssinica Hochstetter)
Merathrepta Merathrepta Rafinesque, Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 221. 1830. TYPE: Merathrepta spicata (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Avena spicata Linnaeus) = Danthonia de Candolle 1805.
Monachather Monachather Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 247. 1854. TYPE: Monachather paradoxus Steudel
Sieglingia Sieglingia Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. Pfl. 20, 44. 1800, nom. rej. vs. Danthonia de Candolle 1805. TYPE: Sieglingia decumbens (Linnaeus) Bernhardi (Festuca decumbens Linnaeus)
Triodon Triodon Baumgarten, Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 238. 1816. TYPE: Triodon decumbens (Linnaeus) Baumgarten (Festuca decumbens Linnaeus) = Sieglingia Bernhardi 1800.