Microstachys Explained

Microstachys is a genus of plants in the 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]

formerly included^[3] moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania)

• M. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis
• M. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis

Notes and References

1. Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 48–49
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019459 Tropicos Microstachys A. Juss.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=127624 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120654 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.