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Danthonia  DC.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 41631

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Sieglingia Bernh.
  
    Brachatera Desv.
  
    Brachyathera Kuntze
  
    Merathrepta Raf.
  
    Brachyanthera Kunze
  
    Wilibald-schmidtia Conrad
  
  Common Name(s): danthonia
 
    oatgrass
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2010   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusDanthonia DC. – danthonia, oatgrass  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia alpina Vest  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia annableae P.M. Peterson & Rúgolo  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia araucana Phil.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia boliviensis Renvoize  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia breviseta Hack.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia californica Bol. – California oatgrass 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia chaseana Conert  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia chiapasensis Davidse  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia chilensis E. Desv.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia cirrata Hack. & Arechav.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia compressa Austin – flattened oatgrass 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia decumbens (L.) DC. – common heathgrass 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia domingensis Hack. & Pilg.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia holm-nielsenii Lægaard  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia intermedia Vasey – timber oatgrass 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia malacantha (Steud.) Pilg.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia melanathera (Hack.) Bernardello  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia montevidensis Hack. & Arechav.  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia parryi Scribn. – Parry oatgrass, Parry danthonia, Parry's oatgrass, Parry's danthonia 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia rhizomata Swallen  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia rugoloana Sulekic  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia secundiflora J. Presl  
                                  SpeciesDanthonia sericea Nutt. – downy danthonia 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia spicata (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. – poverty wild oat grass, poverty oatgrass, poverty danthonia 
                                  SpeciesDanthonia unispicata (Thurb.) Munro ex Macoun – onespike danthonia, onespike oatgrass 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Danthonia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Danthonia   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Danthonia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Danthonia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Danthonia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linder, H. Peter, Marcelo Baeza, Nigel P. Barker, Chloé Galley, A. M. Humphreys, K. M. Lloyd, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 97, no. 3   
  Page(s): 306-364   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0026-6493   
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