| Wanderrie grass | |
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| Eriachne aristidea | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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. | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 Nees 1841 not Domin 1912 – Pentameris setifolia
References
- lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Atlas of Living Australia, Eriachne R.Br., Wanderrie Grass
- Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 183-184 in Latin
- Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
- Florabase Western Australian Flora
- Eck-Borsboom, M. H. J. van. 1980. A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea, volume 26, pages 127-138
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 561 鹧鸪草属 zhe gu cao shu Eriachne R. Brown, Prodr. 183. 1810.
- World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
- Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
- The Plant List search for Eriachne