| Name | Danthonia elegans Nees |
| Authorship | Nees |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Danthonia de Candolle |
| Citation | 1841 Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 296 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Danthonia elegans Nees |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 2015 (1) |