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Taxon: Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.

 
Genus: Danthonia
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Danthonioideae
Tribe: Danthonieae
Nomen number: 417127
Place of publication: J. B. P. A. M. de Lamarck & A. P. de Candolle, Fl. franç. ed. 3, 3:33. 1805
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 29-Aug-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

  • heath grass  (Source: F GB Ire) - English
  • heather grass  (Source: Glea Cron ed2) - English
  • mountain heath grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
    • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.)
    • CAUCASUS: Georgia

    Europe
    • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
    • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
    • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Romania, Slovenia
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


    Naturalized

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia
    • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

    Northern America
    • Canada (e. & w.), United States (w.)


References:

  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Sieglingia decumbens (L.) Bernh.
  2. Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1986. Genera graminum. Kew Bull add. ser. 13:1-389.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993-. Flora of Victoria. Note: = Sieglingia decumbens (L.) Bernh.
  7. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  8. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  9. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  10. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. Note: = Sieglingia decumbens (L.) Bernh.
  11. Linder, H. P. et al. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97:349.
  12. Meades, S. J. et al. 2000. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Newfoundland and Labrador
  13. Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
  14. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. Note: = Sieglingia decumbens (L.) Bernh.
  15. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
  16. Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  18. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Sieglingia decumbens (L.) Bernh.

Check other web resources for Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. :

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=417127. Accessed 29 June 2024.