Thunberg, C.P. (1779), Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 216 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Ehrharta capensis Thunb.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 201).

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (November 1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(12): 90 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microlaena R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tetrarrhena R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Diplax Benn. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 62 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After F. Ehrhart, a Swiss botanist."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 79 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After F. Ehrhart, a Swiss botanist"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 16 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 528 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 62 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 293-297 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 44 [secondary reference]

Willemse, L.P.M. (1982), A discussion of the Ehrharteae (Gramineae) with special reference to the Malesian taxa formerly included in Microlaena. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 28(1): 184 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 957 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 102 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 142, 272, 425 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tetrarrhena R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microlaena R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Diplax Benn. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Ehrharta. Flora of New South Wales 4: 652-653 [secondary reference]

common name: Veldtgrasses [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 177-178 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 367 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 414 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ehrartha P.Beauv. orth. var. orthographic variant: Ehrartia Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Trochera Rich. nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 89 (fig.), 92 (fig.), 97 (fig.), 233 [secondary reference]

common name: Veldtgrasses [n/a]

• Etymology: "named after a French botanist"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 298 [secondary reference]

Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Ehrharteae. Flora of Australia 44A: 370-371 [secondary reference]

common name: Veldt Grasses [n/a]

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