Ehrharta

Ehrharta longiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Oryzoideae
Tribus: Ehrharteae
Genus: Ehrharta
Species:
E. barbinodis – E. brevifolia – E. bulbosa – E. calycina – E. capensis – E. delicatula – E. digyna – E. diplax – E. dura – E. eburnea – E. erecta – E. festucacea – E. godefroyi – E. longiflora – E. longifolia – E. longigluma – E. melicoides – E. microlaena – E. ottonis – E. penicillata – E. pusilla – E. ramosa – E. rehmannii – E. rupestris – E. setacea – E. tasmanica – E. thunbergii – E. triandra – E. villosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ehrharta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 19. Reference page.

Name

• Ehrharta Thunb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 40: 216 (1779), nom. cons.
• Type species: Ehrharta capensis Thunb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 40: 216 (1779)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Trochera L.C.M.Richard, Observ. Phys., II, 13: 225 (1779), nom. rej.
  • Diplax Sol. ex Benn., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 11 (1838).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Africa & S. Pacific Antipodean Is., Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Society Is., Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Assam, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, China South-Central, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, India, Italy, Madeira, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New South Wales, Palestine, Portugal, Queensland, Sardegna, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Tasmania, Texas, Tunisia, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thunberg, C.P. (1779) Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar, 40: 217, pl. 8.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ehrharta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ehrharta. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Ehrharta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ehrharta. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013. Reference page.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ehrharta.

Vernacular names

• English: Veldtgrass, Pipe Grasses
• suomi: Nyppyheinät

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