Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Most of the species are native to Africa, with others native to the southern Arabian Peninsula, Maluku Islands, Fiji, and New Zealand. Several including Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina and Ehrharta erecta have been introduced to parts of North and South America, Europe, India, and Australia, and are considered invasive weeds.
Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.
This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742âÂÂ1795.
Species
28 species are accepted.
- Ehrharta barbinodis <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta brevifolia <small>Schrad.</small> - Cape Province, Namibia
- Ehrharta bulbosa <small>Sm.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta calycina <small>Sm.</small> - Cape Province, Namibia, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand, USA (California, Nevada, Texas)
- Ehrharta capensis <small>Thunb.</small> - Cape Province; naturalized in India
- Ehrharta delicatula <small>Stapf</small> - Cape Province, Namibia
- Ehrharta digyna <small>Thunb.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta diplax <small>F.Muell.</small> - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society Is
- Ehrharta dura <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta eburnea <small>Gibbs Russ.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta erecta <small>Lam.</small> - from Eritrea + Saudi Arabia to Cape Province; naturalized in scattered locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, California
- Ehrharta festucacea <small>Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.</small> - Madagascar
- Ehrharta godefroyi <small>C.Cordem.</small> - Réunion
- Ehrharta longiflora <small>Sm.</small> - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, California
- Ehrharta longifolia <small>Schrad.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta longigluma <small>C.E.Hubb.</small> - South Africa, Lesotho
- Ehrharta melicoides <small>Thunb.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta microlaena <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta ottonis <small>Kuntze ex Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta penicillata <small>C.Cordem.</small> - Réunion
- Ehrharta pusilla <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province, Namibia
- Ehrharta ramosa <small>Thunb.</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta rehmannii <small>Stapf</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta rupestris <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta setacea <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province
- Ehrharta thunbergii <small>Gibbs Russ.</small> - Cape Province, Namibia
- Ehrharta triandra <small>Nees</small> - Cape Province, Namibia
- Ehrharta villosa <small>Schult.f.</small> - Cape Province; naturalised in Australia, New Zealand North Island, Argentina
Formerly included
Several species are now placed in other genera, including Brylkinia, Leersia, Melinis, Microlaena, Sporobolus, Tetrarrhena, Tristachya, and Zotovia.
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