Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Danthonieae > Genus Danthonia

Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Danthonia*	DC.	accepted genus name
*Sieglingia*	Bernh.	heterotypic synonym
*Triodia*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Festuca decumbens*	L.	basionym
*Festuca decumbens*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Poa decumbens*	(L.) Scop.	homotypic synonym
*Sieglingia decumbens*	(L.) Bernh.	homotypic synonym
*Triodia decumbens*	(L.) P. Beauv.	homotypic synonym
*Avena compacta*	Boiss. & Heldr.	heterotypic synonym
*Danthonia decumbens subsp. mauritanica*	Maire	heterotypic synonym

Children

Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. subsp. decumbens
Danthonia decumbens subsp. decipiens O. Schwarz & Bässler

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Tandjesgras sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Heath-grass sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

English-United States: Heath-grass sources: Charles Hussey

Galician: Féar caoráin

Irish: Féar caoráin sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Norwegian Bokmål: knegras

Norwegian Nynorsk: knegras

Spanish, Castillian: triguillo del agua sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Swedish: knägräs

Welsh: glaswellt y rhos

Literature

nomenclatural reference	DC. in Lamarck & Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 3. 1805.

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Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=6F2E655D-6C67-48A3-B6F0-CC44D96FBCFF

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2009-06-15 by Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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