''Eriachne'', commonly known as Wanderrie grass, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of plants in the

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

. 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'' – Northern Territory, NT, Queensland, Qld *''Eriachne aristidea'' – NT, Qld, Western Australia, WA, South Australia, SA, New South Wales, NSW *''Eriachne armitii'' – NT, Qld, WA, New Guinea *''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, New Guinea *''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, New Guinea *''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, New Guinea *''Eriachne ovata'' – NT, Qld, WA, SA *''Eriachne pallescens'' – Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, New Guinea, 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, New Guinea, Maluku (province), 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, New Guinea, NT, Qld, WA *''Eriachne vesiculosa'' – NT, Qld

Former species

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

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