Eriachne

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::summary Genus of grasses ::

| name = Wanderrie grass | image = Eriachne aristidea habit.jpg | image_caption = Eriachne aristidea | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Eriachne | authority = R.Br. 1810 not Phil. 1870 | type_species_authority = R.Br. | type_species = Eriachne squarrosa | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * Achneria P.Beauv.

• Massia Balansa

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

References

1. lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
2. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=413519 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
3. [http://bie.ala.org.au/species/ERIACHNE Atlas of Living Australia, ''Eriachne'' R.Br., Wanderrie Grass]
4. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954339#page/51/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 183-184] in Latin
5. [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00233.htm Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora]
6. [http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22328 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. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=111975 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 561 鹧鸪草属 zhe gu cao shu ''Eriachne'' R. Brown, Prodr. 183. 1810.]
9. {{NatGeo ecoregion
10. [http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/eriachne-0 Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia]
11. [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Eriachne The Plant List search for Eriachne]

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