''Eriachne'' (common name Wanderrie grass) is a genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. 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:The Plant List search for Eriachne
/ref> *'' Eriachne agrostidea'' – NT, Qld *''

Eriachne aristidea ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW *''

Eriachne armitii ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, NG *'' Eriachne avenacea'' – NT, WA *''

Eriachne axillaris ''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 are ...

'' – NT *''

Eriachne basalis ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld *''

Eriachne basedowii ''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 are ...

'' – 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 ''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 are ...

'' – Qld, NSW *'' Eriachne glandulosa'' – NT, WA *''

Eriachne glauca ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne helmsii ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW *''

Eriachne humilis ''Eriachne'' (common name Wanderrie grass) is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, 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 fou ...

'' – NT, Qld, NG *''

Eriachne imbricata ''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 are ...

'' – WA *''

Eriachne insularis ''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 are ...

'' – Qld *''

Eriachne lanata ''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 are ...

'' – WA *''

Eriachne major ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne melicacea ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne minuta ''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 are ...

'' – NT *''

Eriachne mucronata ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW *''

Eriachne nervosa ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne nodosa ''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 are ...

'' – NT, WA *''

Eriachne obtusa ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, NG *''

Eriachne ovata ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA *''

Eriachne pallescens ''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 are ...

'' – Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong,

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, Jiangxi,

Nansei Shoto The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

, NG, NT, Qld, NSW, Caroline Islands *''

Eriachne pauciflora ''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 are ...

'' – NT, WA *'' Eriachne pulchella'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW *''

Eriachne rara ''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 are ...

'' – Qld, NSW *''

Eriachne schultziana ''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 are ...

'' – NT *'' Eriachne scleranthoides'' – NT, Qld, SA *''

Eriachne semiciliata ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *'' Eriachne squarrosa'' – NT, Qld, WA, NG, Maluku *''

Eriachne stipacea ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne sulcata ''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 are ...

'' – NT, WA *'' Eriachne tenuiculmis'' – WA *''

Eriachne triodioides ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne triseta ''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 are ...

'' – India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, NG, NT, Qld, WA *''

Eriachne vesiculosa ''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 are ...

'' – NT, Qld Several other species were formerly included (see ''

Alloteropsis ''Alloteropsis'' (from the Greek ''allotrios'' ("strange") and ''opsis'' ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.Deschampsia'', '' Digitaria'' and '' Pentameris''). *''Eriachne ampla'' – ''

Pentameris ampla ''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...

'' *''Eriachne assimilis'' – ''

Pentameris ecklonii ''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...

'' *''Eriachne aurea'' – ''

Pentameris aurea ''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...

'' *''Eriachne capensis'' – ''

Pentameris malouinensis ''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...

'' *''Eriachne ecklonii'' – ''

'' *''Eriachne malouinensis'' – ''

'' *''Eriachne melicacea'' var. ''fragrans'' – ''

Alloteropsis cimicina ''Alloteropsis'' (from the Greek ''allotrios'' ("strange") and ''opsis'' ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.

'' *''Eriachne microphylla'' – '' Pentameris microphylla'' *''Eriachne montana'' – '' Deschampsia flexuosa'' *''Eriachne pallida'' – ''

'' *''Eriachne rigida'' – '' Digitaria californica'' *''Eriachne steudelii'' – ''

'' *''Eriachne tuberculata'' Nees 1841 not Domin 1912 – '' Pentameris setifolia''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2675226 Micrairoideae Grasses of Asia Grasses of Oceania Poaceae genera