# Microstachys

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***Microstachys*** is a genus of plants in the [Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae) first described as a genus in 1824.[1][2] It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.[3][4][5]

**Species[3]**

1. *[Microstachys acetosella](/source/Microstachys_acetosella)* - Angola, Zambia
1. *[Microstachys bidentata](/source/Microstachys_bidentata)* - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela
1. *[Microstachys chamaelea](/source/Microstachys_chamaelea)* - W Africa, India, Sri Lanka, S China, Indochina, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Solomon Islands, N Australia
1. *[Microstachys corniculata](/source/Microstachys_corniculata)* - from NW Mexico + West Indies south to Paraguay
1. *[Microstachys dalzielii](/source/Microstachys_dalzielii)* - W Africa
1. *[Microstachys daphnoides](/source/Microstachys_daphnoides)* - [Bahia](/source/Bahia), [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais), [Goiás](/source/Goi%C3%A1s)
1. *[Microstachys ditassoides](/source/Microstachys_ditassoides)* - Brazil
1. *[Microstachys faradianensis](/source/Microstachys_faradianensis)* - W Africa
1. *[Microstachys glandulosa](/source/Microstachys_glandulosa)* - [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
1. *[Microstachys heterodoxa](/source/Microstachys_heterodoxa)* - [Bahia](/source/Bahia)
1. *[Microstachys hispida](/source/Microstachys_hispida)* - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
1. *[Microstachys marginata](/source/Microstachys_marginata)* - [Bahia](/source/Bahia), [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
1. *[Microstachys nana](/source/Microstachys_nana)* - [Paraná](/source/Paran%C3%A1_(state))
1. *[Microstachys nummularifolia](/source/Microstachys_nummularifolia)* - [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais)
1. *[Microstachys revoluta](/source/Microstachys_revoluta)* - [Bahia](/source/Bahia)
1. *[Microstachys serrulata](/source/Microstachys_serrulata)* - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
1. *[Microstachys stipulacea](/source/Microstachys_stipulacea)* - Uruguay, S Brazil
1. *[Microstachys uleana](/source/Microstachys_uleana)* - [Bahia](/source/Bahia)

**formerly included[3]**

moved to other genera *([Micrococca](/source/Micrococca) [Sebastiania](/source/Sebastiania) )*

- *M. mercurialis - [Micrococca mercurialis](/source/Micrococca_mercurialis)*
- *M. ramosissima - [Sebastiania brasiliensis](/source/Sebastiania_brasiliensis)*

## References

1. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 48–49

1. [Tropicos *Microstachys* A. Juss.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019459)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=127624)

1. [Flora of China, Vol. 11 Page 282 地杨桃属 di yang tao shu *Microstachys* A. Jussieu, Euphorb. Gen. 48. Fe. 1824.](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120654)

1. 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.

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