Ehrharta
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Ehrharta is a genus of about 25 to 35 species of grass
mostly native to Africa
, with a few species native to the Mascarene Islands
and Indonesia
. The genus is also found in Yemen, China, Europe and North America and there are several invasive species
including Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina
and Ehrharta erecta
. Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.
This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
.
Species include:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
mostly native to Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, with a few species native to the Mascarene Islands
Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks...
and Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. The genus is also found in Yemen, China, Europe and North America and there are several invasive species
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
including Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina
Ehrharta calycina
Ehrharta calycina is a species of grass known by the common names perennial veldtgrass and purple veldtgrass. It is native to southern Africa, but it is known elsewhere as an introduced species, often becoming weedy...
and Ehrharta erecta
Ehrharta erecta
Ehrharta erecta is a species of grass also 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....
. Common names for this genus include veldtgrass.
This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart was a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780–1793...
.
Species include:
- Ehrharta capensis
- Ehrharta longigluma
- Ehrharta melicoides
- Ehrharta rehmannii
- Ehrharta stipoides
- Ehrharta thunbergii
- Ehrharta villosa