Ehrharta Explained

Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.^{[7] [8] [9]}

This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742–1795.^{[1] [10]}

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

Several species now considered better suited to other genera: Brylkinia Leersia Melinis Microlaena Sporobolus Tristachya Zotovia

Notes and References

1. Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001517 Tropicos, Ehrharta Thunb.
3. Web site: Element Stewardship Abstracts, Ehrharta spp. . 2006-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051124204420/http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/ehrh_sp.html . 2005-11-24 . dead .
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250071002 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 181 皱稃草 zhou fu cao Ehrharta erecta Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 347. 1786.
5. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Ehrharta Altervista Flora Italiana genere Ehrharta
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Ehrharta Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
7. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Ehrharta Atlas of Living Australia, Ehrharta Thunb., Veldt Grasses
8. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8958 Jepson Manual Treatment
9. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EHRHA USDA Plants Profile
10. http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Ehrharta&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment
11. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Ehrharta The Plant List search for Ehrharta