Eriachne Benthamii

''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 found in areas such as the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion.

Around 48 species are recognised:The Plant List search for Eriachne
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*''Eriachne agrostidea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld
*''Eriachne aristidea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne armitii'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, New Guinea, NG
*''Eriachne avenacea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne axillaris'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne basalis'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld
*''Eriachne basedowii'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne benthamii'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA
*''Eriachne bleeseri'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne burkittii'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, New Guinea, NG
*''Eriachne capillaris'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne ciliata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne compacta'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne fastigiata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne festucacea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne filiformis'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne flaccida'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA
*''Eriachne gardneri'' – Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne glabrata'' – Queensland, Qld, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne glandulosa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne glauca'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne helmsii'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne humilis'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, New Guinea, NG
*''Eriachne imbricata'' – Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne insularis'' – Queensland, Qld
*''Eriachne lanata'' – Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne major'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne melicacea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne minuta'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne mucronata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne nervosa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne nodosa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne obtusa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, New Guinea, NG
*''Eriachne ovata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA
*''Eriachne pallescens'' – Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, New Guinea, NG, Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, New South Wales, NSW, Caroline Islands
*''Eriachne pauciflora'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne pulchella'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne rara'' – Queensland, Qld, New South Wales, NSW
*''Eriachne schultziana'' – Northern Territory, NT
*''Eriachne scleranthoides'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, South Australia, SA
*''Eriachne semiciliata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne squarrosa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA, New Guinea, NG, Maluku (province), Maluku
*''Eriachne stipacea'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne sulcata'' – Northern Territory, NT, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne tenuiculmis'' – Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne triodioides'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne triseta'' – India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, NG, Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld, Western Australia, WA
*''Eriachne vesiculosa'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, 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''

References

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Micrairoideae
Grasses of Asia
Grasses of Oceania
Poaceae genera