''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to

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, with a few from

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and from various islands in the

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, and

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s. The genus is also found in Australia, southern

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, the

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, and North America. Several including ''

Ehrharta longiflora ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'', '' Ehrharta calycina'' and ''

Ehrharta erecta ''Ehrharta erecta'' is a species of grass commonly known as panic veldtgrass. The species is native to Southern Africa and Yemen. It is a documented invasive species in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, southern Europe, and China ...

'' are considered

invasive weeds An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced species, introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, i ...

. Common names for this genus include veldtgrass. This genus was named for the German botanist

Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (4 November 1742, Holderbank, Aargau – 26 June 1795) was a German botanist, a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical ...

, 1742–1795.

Species

The Plant List search for Ehrharta
/ref> * '' Ehrharta acuminata'' (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia * ''

Ehrharta barbinodis ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Nees - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta brevifolia ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia * ''

Ehrharta bulbosa ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' 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 ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Thunb. - Cape Province; naturalized in India * ''

Ehrharta delicatula ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Stapf - Cape Province, Namibia * ''

Ehrharta digyna ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Thunb. - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta diplax ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' F.Muell. - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society Is * ''

Ehrharta distichophylla ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Labill. - Australia * ''

Ehrharta dura ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Nees - Cape Province * '' Ehrharta eburnea'' Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province * ''

'' 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 * ''

'' Sm. - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, California * ''

Ehrharta longifolia ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Schrad. - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta longigluma ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' C.E.Hubb. - South Africa, Lesotho * '' Ehrharta melicoides'' Thunb. - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta microlaena ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the ...

'' Nees - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta oreophila ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' (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 ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Stapf - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta rupestris ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Nees - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta setacea ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' Nees - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta tasmanica ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania * ''

Ehrharta thunbergii ''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the A ...

'' 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 ''Brylkinia'' is a genus of East Asian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The only known species is ''Brylkinia caudata'', native to Japan, China (Sichuan, Jilin), and Russian Far East, Russia (Kuril, Sakhalin). See also * List of Poaceae gene ...

Leersia ''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents. It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers ...

Melinis Microlaena

Sporobolus ''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...

Tristachya Zotovia''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2477635 Oryzoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of Oceania Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg