| Ehrharta | |
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| Ehrharta calycina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Oryzoideae |
| Tribe: | Ehrharteae |
| Genus: | Ehrharta Thunb. |
| Type species | |
| Ehrharta capensis | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family. [2] [3]
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Most of the species are native to Africa, with others native to the southern Arabian Peninsula, Maluku Islands, Fiji, and New Zealand. [1] Several including Ehrharta longiflora , Ehrharta calycina and Ehrharta erecta have been introduced to parts of North and South America, Europe, India, and Australia, [1] and are considered invasive weeds. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Common names for this genus include veldtgrass. [8] [9] [10]
This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742–1795. [2] [11]
