Microstachys

Microstachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Microstachys
A.Juss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cnemidostachys Mart.
  • Elachocroton F.Muell.
  • Tragiopsis H.Karst.

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]

Species[1]
  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[1]

moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania )

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 48–49
  3. Tropicos Microstachys A. Juss.
  4. Flora of China, Vol. 11 Page 282 地杨桃属 di yang tao shu Microstachys A. Jussieu, Euphorb. Gen. 48. Fe. 1824.
  5. 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.