Genus of grasses
Ehrharta is a genus of plants in thegrass family .[ 2] [ 3]
Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The genus is also found in Australia, southern Asia, the Mediterranean, and North America. Several includingEhrharta longiflora ,Ehrharta calycina andEhrharta erecta are consideredinvasive weeds .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Common names for this genus includeveldtgrass .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
This genus was named for the German botanistJakob Friedrich Ehrhart , 1742–1795.[ 2] [ 11]
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Ehrharta acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. - AustraliaEhrharta barbinodis Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta brevifolia Schrad. - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta bulbosa Sm. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta calycina Sm. - Cape Province, Namibia, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand, USA (California, Nevada, Texas)Ehrharta capensis Thunb. - Cape Province; naturalized in IndiaEhrharta delicatula Stapf - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta digyna Thunb. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta diplax F.Muell. - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society IsEhrharta distichophylla Labill. - AustraliaEhrharta dura Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta erecta Lam. - from Eritrea + Saudi Arabia to Cape Province; naturalized in scattered locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, CaliforniaEhrharta festucacea Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. - MadagascarEhrharta godefroyi C.Cordem. - RéunionEhrharta juncea (R.Br.) Spreng. - AustraliaEhrharta laevis (R.Br.) Spreng. - Western AustraliaEhrharta longiflora Sm. - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, CaliforniaEhrharta longifolia Schrad. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta longigluma C.E.Hubb. - South Africa, LesothoEhrharta melicoides Thunb. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta microlaena Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta oreophila (D.I.Morris) L.P.M.Willemse - TasmaniaEhrharta ottonis Kuntze ex Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta penicillata C.Cordem. - RéunionEhrharta pusilla Nees - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta ramosa Thunb. - Cape ProvinceEhrharta rehmannii Stapf - Cape ProvinceEhrharta rupestris Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta setacea Nees - Cape ProvinceEhrharta tasmanica (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - TasmaniaEhrharta thunbergii Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta triandra Nees - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta villosa Schult.f. - Cape Province; naturalised in Australia, New Zealand North Island, Argentina[ 1] Several species now considered better suited to other genera:Brylkinia Leersia Melinis Microlaena Sporobolus Tristachya Zotovia
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