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Microcybe multiflora

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rutaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Sapindales

Genus
  
Microcybe

Microcybe multiflora

Microcybe multiflora is a small shrub species in the family Rutaceae. The species is endemic to Australia. It usually grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre high and produces cream to yellow flowers.

The species was first formally described by botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou in 1852.

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.

    References

    Microcybe multiflora Wikipedia