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. Species Ehrharta acuminata (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia Ehrharta barbinodis Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta brevifolia Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia Ehrharta bulbosa Sm. - Cape Province Ehrharta calycina Sm. - Cape Province, Namibia, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand, USA (California, Nevada, Texas) Ehrharta capensis Thunb. - Cape Province; naturalized in India Ehrharta delicatula Stapf - Cape Province, Namibia Ehrharta digyna Thunb. - Cape Province Ehrharta diplax F.Muell. - Sulawesi, New Guinea, New Zealand incl Antipodes, Fiji, Society Is Ehrharta distichophylla Labill. - Australia Ehrharta dura Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta eburnea Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province Ehrharta erecta Lam. - from Eritrea + Saudi Arabia to Cape Province; naturalized in scattered locations in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, California Ehrharta festucacea Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. - Madagascar Ehrharta godefroyi C.Cordem. - Réunion Ehrharta juncea (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia Ehrharta laevis (R.Br.) Spreng. - Western Australia Ehrharta longiflora Sm. - South Africa, Namibia; naturalized in Cape Verde, St. Helena, Canary Islands, Réunion, India, Australia, New Zealand, California Ehrharta longifolia Schrad. - Cape Province Ehrharta longigluma C.E.Hubb. - South Africa, Lesotho Ehrharta melicoides Thunb. - Cape Province Ehrharta microlaena Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta oreophila (D.I.Morris) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania Ehrharta ottonis Kuntze ex Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta penicillata C.Cordem. - Réunion Ehrharta pusilla Nees - Cape Province, Namibia Ehrharta ramosa Thunb. - Cape Province Ehrharta rehmannii Stapf - Cape Province Ehrharta rupestris Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta setacea Nees - Cape Province Ehrharta tasmanica (Hook.f.) L.P.M.Willemse - Tasmania Ehrharta thunbergii Gibbs Russ. - Cape Province, Namibia Ehrharta triandra Nees - Cape Province, Namibia Ehrharta villosa Schult.f. - Cape Province; naturalised in Australia, New Zealand North Island, Argentina Formerly included Several species now considered better suited to other genera: Brylkinia Leersia Melinis Microlaena Sporobolus Tristachya Zotovia References Oryzoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of Oceania Grasses of North America