Microstachys

Microstachys is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, Papuasia, Mesoamerica, the West Indies, and South America.

• # Microstachys acetosella - Angola, Zambia
 * Species

• # Microstachys bidentata - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Venezuela

• # Microstachys chamaelea - W Africa, India, Sri Lanka, S China, Indochina, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Solomon Islands, N Australia

• # Microstachys corniculata - from NW Mexico + West Indies south to Paraguay

• # Microstachys dalzielii - W Africa

• # Microstachys daphnoides - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás

• # Microstachys ditassoides - Brazil

• # Microstachys faradianensis - W Africa

• # Microstachys glandulosa - Minas Gerais

• # Microstachys heterodoxa - Bahia

• # Microstachys hispida - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina

• # Microstachys marginata - Bahia, Minas Gerais

• # Microstachys nana - Paraná

• # Microstachys nummularifolia - Minas Gerais

• # Microstachys revoluta - Bahia

• # Microstachys serrulata - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

• # Microstachys stipulacea - Uruguay, S Brazil

• # Microstachys uleana - Bahia

moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania )
 * formerly included
 * M. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis
 * M. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis