Microcybe multiflora
Microcybe multiflora | |
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Microcybe multiflora subsp. baccharoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Microcybe |
Species: | M. multiflora |
Binomial name | |
Microcybe multiflora Turcz. [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Eriostemon capitatus var. baccharoides F.Muell. |
Microcybe multiflora is a small shrub species in the family Rutaceae.[2] The species is endemic to Australia. It usually grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre high and produces cream to yellow flowers.[2]
The species was first formally described by botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou in 1852.[1]
Two subspecies are recognised:
- M.multiflora subsp. baccharoides (F.Muell.) Paul G. Wilson - Scale-leaf Microcybe
- M. multiflora Turcz. subsp. multiflora - Red Microcybe
The species occurs in southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, and western Victoria.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Microcybe multiflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- 1 2 "Microcybe multiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Microcybe multiflora". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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