Eriachne
Wanderrie grass | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Micrairoideae |
Tribe: | Eriachneae |
Genus: | Eriachne R.Br. 1810 not Phil. 1870 |
Type species | |
R.Br.[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
Around 48 species are recognised:[2][11]
- – NT, Qld
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
- – NT, Qld, WA, NG
- – NT, WA
- – NT
- – NT, Qld
- – NT
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA
- – NT
- – NT, Qld, WA, NG
- – NT
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT
- – NT, WA
- – NT, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA
- – WA
- – Qld, NSW
- – NT, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
- – NT, Qld, NG
- – WA
- – Qld
- – WA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA, NG
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA
- – Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Nansei Shoto, NG, NT, Qld, NSW, Caroline Islands
- – NT, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA, SA, NSW
- – Qld, NSW
- – NT
- – NT, Qld, SA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, Qld, WA, NG, Maluku
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, WA
- – WA
- – NT, Qld, WA
- – India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, NG, NT, Qld, WA
- – NT, Qld
Several other species were formerly included (see Alloteropsis, Deschampsia, Digitaria and Pentameris).[2]
- Eriachne ampla –
- Eriachne assimilis –
- Eriachne aurea –
- Eriachne capensis –
- Eriachne ecklonii –
- Eriachne malouinensis –
- Eriachne melicacea var. fragrans –
- Eriachne microphylla –
- Eriachne montana – Deschampsia flexuosa
- Eriachne pallida –
- Eriachne rigida – Digitaria californica
- Eriachne steudelii –
- Eriachne tuberculata Nees 1841 not Domin 1912 –
References[]
- ^ lectotype designated by Eck-Borsboom, Blumea 26: 127, 130 (1980)
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Eriachne R.Br., Wanderrie Grass
- ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 183-184 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Florabase Western Australian Flora
- ^ Eck-Borsboom, M. H. J. van. 1980. A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea, volume 26, pages 127-138
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 561 鹧鸪草属 zhe gu cao shu Eriachne R. Brown, Prodr. 183. 1810.
- ^ World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08.
- ^ Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
- ^ The Plant List search for Eriachne
Categories:
- Micrairoideae
- Grasses of Asia
- Grasses of Oceania
- Poaceae genera