| Ehrharta | |
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| Ehrharta calycina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Oryzoideae |
| Tribe: | Ehrharteae |
| Genus: | Ehrharta Thunb. |
| Type species | |
| Ehrharta capensis | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3]
Most of the species are native to Africa, with others native to the southern Arabian Peninsula, Maluku Islands, Fiji, and New Zealand.[1] Several including Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina and Ehrharta erecta have been introduced to parts of North and South America, Europe, India, and Australia,[1] and are considered invasive weeds.[4][5][6][7]
Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.[8][9][10]
This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742–1795.[2][11]
Species
28 species are accepted.[1]
- 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 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 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 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 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
Several species are now placed in other genera, including Brylkinia, Leersia, Melinis, Microlaena, Sporobolus, Tetrarrhena, Tristachya, and Zotovia.[12]
- Ehrharta acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. – Tetrarrhena acuminata R.Br.
- Ehrharta caudata - Brylkinia caudata
- Ehrharta clandestina - Leersia oryzoides
- Ehrharta colensoi - Zotovia colensoi
- Ehrharta distichophylla Labill. - Tetrarrhena distichophylla (Labill.) R.Br.
- Ehrharta hispida - Tristachya leucothrix
- Ehrharta juncea (R.Br.) Spreng. - Tetrarrhena juncea R.Br.
- Ehrharta laevis (R.Br.) Spreng. - Tetrarrhena laevis R.Br.
- Ehrharta multinoda - Microlaena polynoda
- Ehrharta oreophila (D.I.Morris) L.P.M.Willemse - Tetrarrhena oreophila D.I.Morris
- Ehrharta stipoides Labill. - Microlaena stipoides[13]
- Ehrharta tasmanica (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - Microlaena tasmanica (Hook.f.) Hook.f. ex Benth.
- Ehrharta tenella - Sporobolus tenellus
- Ehrharta thomsonii - Zotovia thomsonii
- Ehrharta uniglumis Fenzl ex T.Durand & Schinz 1894 not F.Muell. 1855 - Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora
References
- "Ehrharta Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8
- Tropicos, Ehrharta Thunb.
- "Element Stewardship Abstracts, Ehrharta spp". Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2006-01-05.
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 181 皱稃草 zhou fu cao Ehrharta erecta Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 347. 1786.
- Altervista Flora Italiana genere Ehrharta
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- Atlas of Living Australia, Ehrharta Thunb., Veldt Grasses
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- "Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-02-23