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Eriachne

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Eriachne

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Eriachne, commonly known as Wanderrie grass, 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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China Southeast, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
214
With media
33
Family
Poaceae
Collections
MEL, US, NY, A, MO
Recorded in
Australia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
Eriachne aristidea habit.jpg
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taxon name
Eriachne
taxon rank
genus
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4371
topic's main category
Category:Eriachne
Commons category
Eriachne
taxon common name
鹧鸪草属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Eriachne, commonly known as Wanderrie grass, 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.

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eriachne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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