Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 48–49Tropicos Microstachys A. Juss. It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China, Vol. 11 Page 282 地杨桃属 di yang tao shu Microstachys A. Jussieu, Euphorb. Gen. 48. Fe. 1824. 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.
Species
formerly included moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania ) M. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis M. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis
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