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Genus of grasses
Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the
grass family .
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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 including
Ehrharta longiflora ,
Ehrharta calycina and
Ehrharta erecta are considered
invasive weeds .
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Common names for this genus include veldtgrass .
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This genus was named for the German botanist
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart , 1742–1795.
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Species
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Ehrharta acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
Ehrharta barbinodis Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta brevifolia Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia
Ehrharta bulbosa Sm. - Cape Province
Ehrharta 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 India
Ehrharta delicatula Stapf - Cape Province, Namibia
Ehrharta digyna Thunb. - Cape Province
Ehrharta diplax F.Muell. - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society Is
Ehrharta distichophylla Labill. - Australia
Ehrharta dura Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province
Ehrharta erecta Lam. - from Eritrea + Saudi Arabia to Cape Province; naturalized in scattered locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, California
Ehrharta festucacea Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. - Madagascar
Ehrharta godefroyi C.Cordem. - Réunion
Ehrharta juncea (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
Ehrharta laevis (R.Br.) Spreng. - Western Australia
Ehrharta longiflora Sm. - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, California
Ehrharta longifolia Schrad. - Cape Province
Ehrharta longigluma C.E.Hubb. - South Africa, Lesotho
Ehrharta melicoides Thunb. - Cape Province
Ehrharta microlaena Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta oreophila (D.I.Morris) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania
Ehrharta ottonis Kuntze ex Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta penicillata C.Cordem. - Réunion
Ehrharta pusilla Nees - Cape Province, Namibia
Ehrharta ramosa Thunb. - Cape Province
Ehrharta rehmannii Stapf - Cape Province
Ehrharta rupestris Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta setacea Nees - Cape Province
Ehrharta tasmanica (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania
Ehrharta thunbergii Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province, Namibia
Ehrharta triandra Nees - Cape Province, Namibia
Ehrharta villosa Schult.f. - Cape Province; naturalised in Australia, New Zealand North Island, Argentina
Formerly included
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Several species now considered better suited to other genera:
Brylkinia
Leersia
Melinis
Microlaena
Sporobolus
Tristachya
Zotovia
References
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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b Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8
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Tropicos, Ehrharta Thunb.
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"Element Stewardship Abstracts, Ehrharta spp" . Archived from
the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2006-01-05 .
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Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 181 皱稃草 zhou fu cao Ehrharta erecta Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 347. 1786.
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Altervista Flora Italiana genere Ehrharta
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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Atlas of Living Australia, Ehrharta Thunb., Veldt Grasses
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Jepson Manual Treatment
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USDA Plants Profile
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Grass Manual Treatment
Archived 2011-06-11 at the
Wayback Machine
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The Plant List search for Ehrharta
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"Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br." , Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-02-23