''Mackinlaya macrosciadea'' is a species of plant in the family Apiaceae, first described in 1860 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

as ''Panax macrosciadeus'', and then transferred by him into the genus ''

Mackinlaya ''Mackinlaya'' is a genus of the flowering plant family Apiaceae (formerly placed in Araliaceae). Five species are known to science, growing naturally in Queensland, Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Sulawesi a ...

'' in 1864. It goes by the

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blue umbrella. The species is native to both the

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and

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. It is a shrub growing at the margins of rainforests and can reach heights of .

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''Mackinlaya macrosciadea'' images and occurrence data
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''Mackinlaya macrosciadea'' (description and images)
Mackinlayoideae Flora of Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1860 {{Apiaceae-stub