Eriachne

Eriachne (common name 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, 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).


 * 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