''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 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 Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, southern Asia, the Mediterranean, and

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. Several including '' Ehrharta longiflora'', ''

Ehrharta calycina ''Ehrharta calycina'' is a species of grass known by the common names perennial veldtgrass and purple veldtgrass. Distribution It is native to southern Africa; from South Africa (within the Cape Provinces, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho ...

'' 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. The ...

'' 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

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/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'' Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia * '' Ehrharta bulbosa'' Sm. - Cape Province * ''

'' 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'' 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 * ''

'' 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 ''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.Cordem. - Réunion * ''

Ehrharta juncea ''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 ...

'' (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia * ''

Ehrharta laevis ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ''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 microlaena'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Kuntze ex Nees - Cape Province * ''

Ehrharta penicillata ''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.Cordem. - Réunion * ''

Ehrharta pusilla ''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, Namibia * ''

Ehrharta ramosa ''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 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 ''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, Namibia * ''

Ehrharta villosa ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Microlaena'' is a genus of grass with a single species ''Microlaena stipoides'' or ''Ehrharta stipoides''. It occurs naturally in all states of Australia as well as in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Sporobolus Tristachya

Zotovia ''Zotovia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to New Zealand (including the Antipodean Islands). The genus is named for Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (1908–1977), a botanist born in Vladivostok who migrated to New Zealand in 1924. ...

References

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