Genus of grasses
Eriachne Wanderrie grass) [3] 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 Pentameris [2]
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 
