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Microstachys
Sign in to saveMicrostachys 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 803
- With media
- 102
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
- RSA, UNIVASF, UFERSA, UFPE, US, UFPB
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, Brasil, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Euphorbiaceae
- Image
- Microstachys chamaelea.jpg
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- taxon name
- Microstachys
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Microstachys
- Commons category
- Microstachys
- taxon common name
- 地杨桃属
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. Species formerly included moved to other genera (Micrococca Sebastiania ) M. mercurialis - Micrococca mercurialis M. ramosissima - Sebastiania brasiliensis
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microstachys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.