Poaceae

Ehrharta Thunb.

First published in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 40: 216 (1779)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Eritrea to S. Africa and S. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Antipodean Is., Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, 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, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Assam, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, China South-Central, Egypt, France, Great Britain, 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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 40: 217, pl. 8 (1779).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockholm 40: 217 (1779), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
South Africa K000345398 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345448 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345396 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345395 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [1557] New Zealand K000848968 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burchell [1460] South Africa K000345393 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oldfield [s.n.] K000848985 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bolus, H. [9471] South Africa K000345455 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [1557] New Zealand K000848965 Lectotype Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345447 Unknown Type Material Yes
MacOwan [2126] South Africa K000345443 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [67] New Zealand K000848966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter [8361] South Africa K000345399 Type Yes
Colenso [s.n.] New Zealand K000848969 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345397 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345392 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [1481] Australia K000848983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345454 Unknown Type Material Yes
Munro [s.n.] Australia K000848984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bolus, H. [9462] South Africa K000345391 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000345394 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schlechter [8189] South Africa K000345453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [s.n.] New Zealand K000848970 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [67] New Zealand K000848967 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0