What is "ehrharta"

Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.

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.

Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.

This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742-1795.

1. Ehrharta acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
2. Ehrharta barbinodis Nees - Cape Province
3. Ehrharta brevifolia Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia
4. Ehrharta bulbosa Sm. - Cape Province
5. Ehrharta calycina Sm. - Cape Province, Namibia, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand, USA (California, Nevada, Texas)
6. Ehrharta capensis Thunb. - Cape Province; naturalized in India
7. Ehrharta delicatula Stapf - Cape Province, Namibia
8. Ehrharta digyna Thunb. - Cape Province
9. Ehrharta diplax F.Muell. - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society Is
10. Ehrharta distichophylla Labill. - Australia
11. Ehrharta dura Nees - Cape Province
12. Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province
13. Ehrharta erecta Lam. - from Eritrea + Saudi Arabia to Cape Province; naturalized in scattered locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, California
14. Ehrharta festucacea Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. - Madagascar
15. Ehrharta godefroyi C.Cordem. - Réunion
16. Ehrharta juncea (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
17. Ehrharta laevis (R.Br.) Spreng. - Western Australia
18. Ehrharta longiflora Sm. - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, California
19. Ehrharta longifolia Schrad. - Cape Province
20. Ehrharta longigluma C.E.Hubb. - South Africa, Lesotho
21. Ehrharta melicoides Thunb. - Cape Province
22. Ehrharta microlaena Nees - Cape Province
23. Ehrharta oreophila (D.I.Morris) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania
24. Ehrharta ottonis Kuntze ex Nees - Cape Province
25. Ehrharta penicillata C.Cordem. - Réunion
26. Ehrharta pusilla Nees - Cape Province, Namibia
27. Ehrharta ramosa Thunb. - Cape Province
28. Ehrharta rehmannii Stapf - Cape Province
29. Ehrharta rupestris Nees - Cape Province
30. Ehrharta setacea Nees - Cape Province
31. Ehrharta stipoides Labill. - Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk I), New Zealand (North I, South I, Chatham Is, Kermadec Is), New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Is)
32. Ehrharta tasmanica (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania
33. Ehrharta thunbergii Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province, Namibia
34. Ehrharta triandra Nees - Cape Province, Namibia
35. Ehrharta villosa Schult.f. - Cape Province; naturalised in Australia, New Zealand North Island, Argentina

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