Cryptandra multispina is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact, spiny shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–70 cm (3.9–27.6 in).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra |
| Species: | C. multispina
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptandra multispina | |
Taxonomy and naming edit
This species was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham, who gave it the name Cryptandra scoparia var. microcephala in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River.[4] In 2007, Barbara Rye raised the variety to species status as C. multispina, since the name Cryptandra microcephala had already been used for a species now known as Spyridium microcephalum.[2][5] The specific epithet (multispina ) means "many spines".[6]
Distribution edit
This cryptandra grows in sand or clayey sand over sandstone and limestone on ridges and plains, flats, hills and road verges in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status edit
Cryptandra multispina is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Cryptandra multispina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Rye, Barbara L. (2007). "New species and keys for Cryptandra and Stenanthemum (Rhamnaceae) in Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 16 (2): 368–370. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cryptandra multispina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Cryptandra scoparia var. microcephala". APNI. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Cryptandra multispina". APNI. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780958034180.