Biology:Microstachys

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Short description: Genus of plants

Microstachys
Microstachys chamaelea.jpg
Microstachys chamaelea
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]


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.

Wikidata ☰ Q15711469 entry