Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.[1][4][5]
| Microstachys | |
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| Microstachys chamaelea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
| Genus: | Microstachys A.Juss. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Microstachys acetosella - Angola, Zambia
- Microstachys bidentata - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela
- Microstachys chamaelea - W Africa, India, Sri Lanka, S China, Indochina, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Solomon Islands, N Australia
- Microstachys corniculata - from NW Mexico + West Indies south to Paraguay
- Microstachys dalzielii - W Africa
- Microstachys daphnoides - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás
- Microstachys ditassoides - Brazil
- Microstachys faradianensis - W Africa
- Microstachys glandulosa - Minas Gerais
- Microstachys heterodoxa - Bahia
- Microstachys hispida - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
- Microstachys marginata - Bahia, Minas Gerais
- Microstachys nana - Paraná
- Microstachys nummularifolia - Minas Gerais
- Microstachys revoluta - Bahia
- Microstachys serrulata - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Microstachys stipulacea - Uruguay, S Brazil
- Microstachys uleana - Bahia
- formerly included[1]
moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania )
- M. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis
- M. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis
References edit
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 48–49
- ^ Tropicos Microstachys A. Juss.
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 11 Page 282 地杨桃属 di yang tao shu Microstachys A. Jussieu, Euphorb. Gen. 48. Fe. 1824.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.