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Ehrharta

Ehrharta
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Ehrharta stipoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Ehrharta
Thunb.
Type species
Ehrharta capensis
Thunb.
Synonyms
  • Trochera L.C.M.Richard
  • Microlaena R.Br.
  • Tetrarrhena R.Br.
  • Diplax Sol. ex Benn.

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.

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


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