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.
  • 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''