Eriachne (common name Wanderrie grass)[3] is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species are found only in Australia, with the ranges of a few extending northward into New Guinea, parts of Asia, and Micronesia.[4][5][6][7][8]
It is found in areas such as the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion.[9][10]
Around 48 species are recognised:[2][11]
Several other species were formerly included (see Alloteropsis, Deschampsia, Digitaria and Pentameris).[2]
Eriachne (common name Wanderrie grass) is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species are found only in Australia, with the ranges of a few extending northward into New Guinea, parts of Asia, and Micronesia.
It is found in areas such as the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion.
Around 48 species are recognised:
Eriachne agrostidea – NT, Qld Eriachne aristidea – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW Eriachne armitii – NT, Qld, WA, NG Eriachne avenacea – NT, WA Eriachne axillaris – NT Eriachne basalis – NT, Qld Eriachne basedowii – NT Eriachne benthamii – NT, Qld, WA, SA Eriachne bleeseri – NT Eriachne burkittii – NT, Qld, WA, NG Eriachne capillaris – NT Eriachne ciliata – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne compacta – NT Eriachne fastigiata – NT, WA Eriachne festucacea – NT, WA Eriachne filiformis – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne flaccida – NT, Qld, WA, SA Eriachne gardneri – WA Eriachne glabrata – Qld, NSW Eriachne glandulosa – NT, WA Eriachne glauca – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne helmsii – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW Eriachne humilis – NT, Qld, NG Eriachne imbricata – WA Eriachne insularis – Qld Eriachne lanata – WA Eriachne major – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne melicacea – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne minuta – NT Eriachne mucronata – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW Eriachne nervosa – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne nodosa – NT, WA Eriachne obtusa – NT, Qld, WA, NG Eriachne ovata – NT, Qld, WA, SA Eriachne pallescens – Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, NG, NT, Qld, NSW, Caroline Islands Eriachne pauciflora – NT, WA Eriachne pulchella – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW Eriachne rara – Qld, NSW Eriachne schultziana – NT Eriachne scleranthoides – NT, Qld, SA Eriachne semiciliata – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne squarrosa – NT, Qld, WA, NG, Maluku Eriachne stipacea – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne sulcata – NT, WA Eriachne tenuiculmis – WA Eriachne triodioides – NT, Qld, WA Eriachne triseta – India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, NG, NT, Qld, WA Eriachne vesiculosa – NT, QldSeveral other species were formerly included (see Alloteropsis, Deschampsia, Digitaria and Pentameris).
Eriachne ampla – Pentameris ampla Eriachne assimilis – Pentameris ecklonii Eriachne aurea – Pentameris aurea Eriachne capensis – Pentameris malouinensis Eriachne ecklonii – Pentameris ecklonii Eriachne malouinensis – Pentameris malouinensis Eriachne melicacea var. fragrans – Alloteropsis cimicina Eriachne microphylla – Pentameris microphylla Eriachne montana – Deschampsia flexuosa Eriachne pallida – Pentameris ampla Eriachne rigida – Digitaria californica Eriachne steudelii – Pentameris malouinensis Eriachne tuberculata Nees 1841 not Domin 1912 – Pentameris setifolia