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Tetrarrhena
Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Most of the species are native to Africa, with others native to the southern Arabian Peninsula, Maluku Islands, Fiji, and New Zealand. Several including Ehrharta longiflora, Ehrharta calycina and Ehrharta erecta have been introduced to parts of North and South America, Europe, India, and Australia, and are considered invasive weeds.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Forest Wire-grass
speciesTetrarrhena juncea
Tetrarrhena distichophylla
speciesTetrarrhena distichophylla
Tetrarrhena laevis
speciesTetrarrhena laevis
Tetrarrhena turfosa
speciesTetrarrhena turfosa
Tetrarrhena acuminata
speciesTetrarrhena acuminata
Tetrarrhena oreophila
speciesTetrarrhena oreophila
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 802792.