Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 183 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 624 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 71 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek erion, wool; akhne, glume: the flowering glume, and sometimes the outer glumes are hairy."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 101 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek erion, wool; akhne, glume; the flowering glume, and sometimes the outer glumes, are hairy"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 44 [secondary reference]

Eck-Borsboom, M.H.J. van (1980), A revision of Eriachne R.Br. (Gramineae) in Asia and Malesia. Blumea 26(1): 130 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Eriachne squarrosa R.Br.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 45 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 440-441 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 143 [secondary reference]

common name: Wanderrie Grass [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 14 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Achneria P.Beauv. legitimate

Lazarides, M. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Eriachne. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1166-1167 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eriachne. Flora of New South Wales 4: 560 [secondary reference]

common name: Wanderrie grasses [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (30 June 1995), The genus Eriachne (Eriachneae, Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 359 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Massia Balansa legitimate

Lazarides, M., Van den Borre, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eriachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 132-133 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Massia Balansa legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Achneria P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Massia Balansa legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 96 (fig.), 98 (fig.), 102 (fig.), 105 (fig.), 259-260 [secondary reference]

common name: Wanderrie Grasses [n/a]

• Etymology: "the Greek words for 'hairy' and 'glume', referring to the hairy lemmas"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 312 [secondary reference]

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