Microcybe multiflora

Microcybe multiflora
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:

The species occurs in southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, and western Victoria.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Microcybe multiflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Microcybe multiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Microcybe multiflora". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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