- Ehrharta
Taxobox
name = "Ehrharta"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Ehrharta stipoides "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Poaceae
genus = "Ehrharta"
genus_authority = Thunb.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Ehrharta" is a genus of about 25 to 35 species of grass mostly native to
Africa , with a few species native to theMascarene Islands andIndonesia . The genus is also found in Yemen, China, Europe and North America and there are severalinvasive 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:
*"Ehrharta capensis "
*"Ehrharta longigluma "
*"Ehrharta melicoides "
*"Ehrharta rehmannii "
*"Ehrharta stipoides "
*"Ehrharta thunbergii "
*"Ehrharta villosa "References
* [http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/ehrh_sp.html Element Stewardship Abstracts, "Ehrharta" spp.]
External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8958 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EHRHA USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Ehrharta&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
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