Microcybe multiflora

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|image = Microcybe multiflora subsp. baccharoides KS3.jpg

|image_caption = Microcybe multiflora subsp. baccharoides

|taxon = Microcybe multiflora

|authority = Turcz.

|synonyms = Eriostemon capitatus var. baccharoides F.Muell.

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Microcybe multiflora is a small shrub in the family Rutaceae.{{FloraBase|name=Microcybe multiflora |id=4487 }} 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 the botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou in 1852.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Microcybe+multiflora|title=Microcybe multiflora |accessdate=21 September 2011 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?genus=Microcybe&species=multiflora| title = Microcybe multiflora|accessdate=21 September 2011 |work = Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher = State Herbarium of South Australia }}

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