Eriachne

Wanderrie grass
Eriachne aristidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Micrairoideae
Tribe:	Eriachneae
Genus:	Eriachne R.Br. 1810 not Phil. 1870
Type species
Eriachne squarrosa R.Br. [1]
Synonyms [2]
AchneriaP.Beauv. MassiaBalansa

Eriachne, commonly known as 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]}

• 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 ). ^[2]

• 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 tuberculataNees 1841 not Domin 1912 – Pentameris setifolia

References

1. lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Atlas of Living Australia, Eriachne R.Br., Wanderrie Grass
4. Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 183-184 in Latin
5. Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
6. Florabase Western Australian Flora
7. Eck-Borsboom, M. H. J. van. 1980. A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea, volume 26, pages 127-138
8. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 561 鹧鸪草属 zhe gu cao shu Eriachne R. Brown, Prodr. 183. 1810.
9. World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
10. Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
11. The Plant List search for Eriachne