Ehrharta
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, 1742–1795.
Species
28 species are accepted.Ehrharta 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 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 Is Ehrharta 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 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 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 thunbergii Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta triandra Nees - Cape Province, NamibiaEhrharta 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.Ehrharta acuminata Spreng. – Tetrarrhena acuminata Ehrharta caudata - Brylkinia caudata Ehrharta clandestina - Leersia oryzoides Ehrharta colensoi - Zotovia colensoiEhrharta distichophylla Labill. - Tetrarrhena distichophylla Ehrharta hispida - Tristachya leucothrixEhrharta juncea Spreng. - Tetrarrhena juncea Ehrharta laevis Spreng. - Tetrarrhena laevis Ehrharta multinoda - Microlaena polynodaEhrharta oreophila L.P.M.Willemse - Tetrarrhena oreophila Ehrharta stipoides Labill. - Microlaena stipoidesEhrharta tasmanica L.P.M.Willemse - Microlaena tasmanica Ehrharta tenella - Sporobolus tenellusEhrharta thomsonii - Zotovia thomsonii Ehrharta uniglumis Fenzl ex T.Durand & Schinz 1894 not F.Muell. 1855 - ''Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora''