Ehrharta calycina

Ehrharta calycina

Ehrharta calycina

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Oryzoideae
Tribus: Ehrharteae
Genus: Ehrharta
Species: Ehrharta calycina

Name

Ehrharta calycina Sm., 1790

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Trochera calycina (Sm.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 62 (1812).
  • Ehrharta undulata Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 208 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Ehrharta undulata var. calycina (Sm.) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 209 (1841).
  • Trochera melicodes Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Aira capensis L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 108 (1782).
  • Melica geniculata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 21 (1794).
  • Ehrharta geniculata (Thunb.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 192 (1800).
  • Ehrharta paniculata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 542 (1812), sphalm.
  • Ehrharta adscendens Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2078 (1821).
  • Ehrharta laxiflora Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2078 (1821).
  • Ehrharta versicolor Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2078 (1821).
  • Ehrharta auriculata Steud., Flora 12: 491 (1829).
  • Ehrharta ovata Nees, Linnaea 7: 336 (1832).
  • Ehrharta pilosa Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 544 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Ehrharta melicoides Willd. ex Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 209 (1841), pro syn.
  • Ehrharta nutans Willd. ex Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 209 (1841), pro syn.
  • Ehrharta ramosa Willd. ex Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 209 (1841), pro syn.
  • Ehrharta stricta Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 214 (1841).
  • Trochera auriculata (Steud.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Trochera geniculata (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Trochera laxiflora (Schrad.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Trochera ovata (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Trochera stricta (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Trochera versicolor (Schrad.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 795 (1891).
  • Ehrharta calycina var. versicolor (Schrad.) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 675 (1900).

Homonyms

• Ehrharta calycina Eckl. ex Nees = Ehrharta melicoides Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 192 (1800).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia Introduced into: California, Egypt, Hawaii, India, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Portugal, South Australia, Spain, Tasmania, Texas, Tunisia, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. 1789-1790. Plantarum icones hactenus ineditae, plerumque ad plantas in herbario Linnaeano conservatas delineatae. Fasc. II. Pp. I–VII, tt. 26-50. J. Davis, Londini [London]. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 2: t. 33.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ehrharta calycina 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. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ehrharta calycina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Ehrharta calycina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ehrharta calycina. Published online. Accessed: September 19 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ehrharta calycina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: perennial veldt grass, veldt grass

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