Microstachys

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Microstachys
Microstachys chamaelea.jpg
Scientific classification e
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]
  • 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. - Angola, Zambia
  2. - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela
  3. - W Africa, India, Sri Lanka, S China, Indochina, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Solomon Islands, N Australia
  4. - from NW Mexico + West Indies south to Paraguay
  5. - W Africa
  6. - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás
  7. - Brazil
  8. - W Africa
  9. - Minas Gerais
  10. - Bahia
  11. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  12. - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  13. - Paraná
  14. - Minas Gerais
  15. - Bahia
  16. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  17. - Uruguay, S Brazil
  18. - Bahia
formerly included[1]

moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania )

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
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