• Dawsonia beccarii Brotherus & Geheeb, 1896
• Dawsonia crispifolia Dixon, 1922
• Dawsonia filicaulis Geheeb, 1896
• Dawsonia gigantea C. Müller ex Schliephacke & Geheeb, 1896
• Dawsonia grandis Schliephacke & Geheeb, 1896
• Dawsonia insignis Lorch, 1931
• Dawsonia lativaginata Wijk, 1957
• Dawsonia longifolia (Greville) Zanten, 1977
• Dawsonia longiseta Hampe, 1860
• Dawsonia papuana F. Müller ex Schliephacke & Geheeb, 1896
• Dawsonia polytrichoides R. Brown, 1811
• Dawsonia pulchra Wijk, 1957
• Dawsonia pullei Fleischer & Reimers, 1929
• Dawsonia robbinsii E.B. Bartram, 1962
• Dawsonia superba (Wijk) Zanten, 1972
• Dawsonia superba Greville, 1847