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The genus Microstachys is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Microstachys

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Microstachys acetosella (Milne-Redh.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys bidentata (Mart. & Zucc.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys corniculata (Vahl) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys dalzielii (Hutch.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys daphnoides (Mart.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys ditassoides (Didr.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys faradianensis (Beille) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys heterodoxa (Müll.Arg.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys hispida (Mart.) Govaerts	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys marginata (Mart.) Klotzsch ex Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys nummularifolia (Cordeiro) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys revoluta (Ule) Esser	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys serrulata (Mart.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP
Microstachys uleana (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 27 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Microstachys. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Microstachys. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 27 species names for the genus Microstachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	55.6%
◕	Synonym	12	44.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 45 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Microstachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	33.3%
◕	Synonym	30	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 27 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Microstachys, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	15	12	0	0	27	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Microstachys, are as follows: