Genus of grasses
Eriachne (common name 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 , NG
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 , NG
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 , NG
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 , NG
Eriachne ovata – NT , Qld , WA , SA
Eriachne pallescens – Southeast Asia , Indian Subcontinent , Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Jiangxi , Nansei Shoto , NG , 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 , NG , 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 , NG , NT , Qld , WA
Eriachne vesiculosa – NT , Qld
Several other species were formerly included (see Alloteropsis , Deschampsia , Digitaria and Pentameris ).[ 2]
^ lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
^ a b c 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