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

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.