Microcybe multiflora

(Microcybe multiflora)

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Description

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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Rutaceae
Genus:Microcybe
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