Microstachys

Microstachys
Microstachys chamaelea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Cnemidostachys Mart.
  • Elachocroton F.Muell.
  • Tragiopsis H.Karst.

Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.

Species
  1. Microstachys acetosella - Angola, Zambia
  2. Microstachys bidentata - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela
  3. Microstachys chamaelea - W Africa, India, Sri Lanka, S China, Indochina, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Solomon Islands, N Australia
  4. Microstachys corniculata - from NW Mexico + West Indies south to Paraguay
  5. Microstachys dalzielii - W Africa
  6. Microstachys daphnoides - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás
  7. Microstachys ditassoides - Brazil
  8. Microstachys faradianensis - W Africa
  9. Microstachys glandulosa - Minas Gerais
  10. Microstachys heterodoxa - Bahia
  11. Microstachys hispida - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  12. Microstachys marginata - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  13. Microstachys nana - Paraná
  14. Microstachys nummularifolia - Minas Gerais
  15. Microstachys revoluta - Bahia
  16. Microstachys serrulata - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  17. Microstachys stipulacea - Uruguay, S Brazil
  18. Microstachys uleana - Bahia
formerly included

moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania )