Eriachne

Wanderrie Grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eriachne
R.Br. 1810 not Phil. 1870
Type species
Eriachne squarrosa
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Achneria P.Beauv.
  • Massia Balansa

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]

Species[2][11]
  1. Eriachne agrostidea - NT, Qld
  2. Eriachne aristidea - NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
  3. Eriachne armitii - NT, Qld, WA, NG
  4. Eriachne avenacea - NT, WA
  5. Eriachne axillaris - NT
  6. Eriachne basalis - NT, Qld
  7. Eriachne basedowii - NT
  8. Eriachne benthamii - NT, Qld, WA, SA
  9. Eriachne bleeseri - NT
  10. Eriachne burkittii - NT, Qld, WA, NG
  11. Eriachne capillaris - NT
  12. Eriachne ciliata - NT, Qld, WA
  13. Eriachne compacta - NT
  14. Eriachne fastigiata - NT, WA
  15. Eriachne festucacea - NT, WA
  16. Eriachne filiformis - NT, Qld, WA
  17. Eriachne flaccida - NT, Qld, WA, SA
  18. Eriachne gardneri - WA
  19. Eriachne glabrata - Qld, NSW
  20. Eriachne glandulosa - NT, WA
  21. Eriachne glauca - NT, Qld, WA
  22. Eriachne helmsii - NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
  23. Eriachne humilis - NT, Qld, NG
  24. Eriachne imbricata - WA
  25. Eriachne insularis - Qld
  26. Eriachne lanata - WA
  27. Eriachne major - NT, Qld, WA
  28. Eriachne melicacea - NT, Qld, WA
  29. Eriachne minuta - NT
  30. Eriachne mucronata - NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
  31. Eriachne nervosa - NT, Qld, WA
  32. Eriachne nodosa - NT, WA
  33. Eriachne obtusa - NT, Qld, WA, NG
  34. Eriachne ovata - NT, Qld, WA, SA
  35. Eriachne pallescens - Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, NG, NT, Qld, NSW, Caroline Islands
  36. Eriachne pauciflora - NT, WA
  37. Eriachne pulchella - NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
  38. Eriachne rara - Qld, NSW
  39. Eriachne schultziana - NT
  40. Eriachne scleranthoides - NT, Qld, SA
  41. Eriachne semiciliata - NT, Qld, WA
  42. Eriachne squarrosa - NT, Qld, WA, NG, Maluku
  43. Eriachne stipacea - NT, Qld, WA
  44. Eriachne sulcata - NT, WA
  45. Eriachne tenuiculmis - WA
  46. Eriachne triodioides - NT, Qld, WA
  47. Eriachne triseta - India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, NG, NT, Qld, WA
  48. Eriachne vesiculosa - NT, Qld
formerly included[2]

see Alloteropsis Deschampsia Digitaria 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

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Eriachne R.Br., Wanderrie Grass
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 183-184 in Latin
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ Florabase Western Australian Flora
  7. ↑ Eck-Borsboom, M. H. J. van. 1980. A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea, volume 26, pages 127-138
  8. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 561 鹧鸪草属 zhe gu cao shu Eriachne R. Brown, Prodr. 183. 1810.
  9. ↑ World Wildlife Fund (2001). "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
  10. ↑ Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
  11. ↑ The Plant List search for Eriachne

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