Eriachne

Eriachne, commonly known as 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, New Guinea
• 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, New Guinea
• 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, New Guinea
• 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, New Guinea
• Eriachne ovata – NT, Qld, WA, SA
• Eriachne pallescens – Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, New Guinea, 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, New Guinea, 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, New Guinea, NT, Qld, WA
• Eriachne vesiculosa – NT, Qld

Former species

Several 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 <small>Nees 1841 not Domin 1912</small> – Pentameris setifolia

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