Taxon: Ehrharta erecta Lam.

Common names:

• panic veldt grass   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  
• perennial grass   (Source: Pl Invasion ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire [e.]
  South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana [s.e.]; Lesotho; South Africa - Cape Province [s.], Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Europe [s.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [w.]

References:

• Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Pp. 255–267 in: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58.
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Thulin, M., ed. 1993–. Flora of Somalia.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ehrharta erecta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ehrharta erecta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ehrharta erecta.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ehrharta panicea Sm.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Ehrharta erecta Lam.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AusGrass2: Australian grass data from Bryan K. Simon’s on-line database
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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