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:

• 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. ^ ^{a b} "Microcybe multiflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Microcybe+multiflora. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Microcybe multiflora". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4487. 
3. ^ "Microcybe multiflora". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?genus=Microcybe&species=multiflora. Retrieved 21 September 2011.