What is "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.

1. Danthonia alpina Vest - central + southern Europe; Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus
2. Danthonia annableae P.M.Peterson & Rúgolo - Bolivia, Argentina
3. Danthonia araucana Phil. - Chile
4. Danthonia boliviensis Renvoize - Bolivia
5. Danthonia × breviaristata (Beck) Vierh - France, Italy, Austria, Czech Rep, Romania
6. Danthonia breviseta Hack. - Rio de Janeiro
7. Danthonia californica Bol. - BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT MT WY SD CO AZ NM; Chile
8. Danthonia cernua Döll - Brazil
9. Danthonia chaseana Conert - Minas Gerais
10. Danthonia chiapasensis Davidse - Chiapas
11. Danthonia chilensis É.Desv. - Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
12. Danthonia cirrata Hack. & Arechav. - Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
13. Danthonia compressa Austin - mountain oatgrass, flattened oatgrass, slender oatgrass - eastern North America from Georgia to Nova Scotia + Ontario
14. Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. - common heath grass - Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus
15. Danthonia domingensis Hack. & Pilg. - Hispaniola, Jamaica
16. Danthonia holm-nielsenii Laegaard - Ecuador
17. Danthonia intermedia Vasey - timber oatgrass, intermediate oatgrass - western United States, Canada, Russian Far East
18. Danthonia malacantha (Steud.) Pilg. - Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
19. Danthonia melanathera (Hack.) Bernardello - Argentina
20. Danthonia montevidensis Hack. & Arechav. - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
21. Danthonia parryi Scribn. - ALB SAS CO MT WY NM
22. Danthonia rhizomata Swallen - Brazil, Uruguay
23. Danthonia rugoloana Sulekic - Salta
24. Danthonia secundiflora J.Presl - from Mexico to Uruguay
25. Danthonia sericea Nutt. - eastern + central United States
26. Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. - poverty oatgrass, simply poverty grass - from Alaska + Greenland to Veracruz
27. Danthonia unispicata (Thurb.) Munro ex Macoun - 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, Austrodanthonia, Chionochloa, Joycea, Karroochloa, Monachather, Merxmuellera, Notodanthonia, Pentaschistis, Plinthanthesis, Rytidosperma or Schismus.