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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	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Microstachys acetosella (Milne-Redh.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys bidentata (Mart. & Zucc.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys corniculata (Vahl) Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys dalzielii (Hutch.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys daphnoides (Mart.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys ditassoides (Didr.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys faradianensis (Beille) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys glandulosa (Mart. & Zucc.) Esser & M.J.Silva	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys heterodoxa (Müll.Arg.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys hispida (Mart.) Govaerts	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys marginata (Mart.) Klotzsch ex Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys nana M.J.Silva & Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys nummularifolia (Cordeiro) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys revoluta (Ule) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys serrulata (Mart.) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys stipulacea (Müll.Arg.) Esser & M.J.Silva	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Microstachys uleana (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Esser	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 106 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Microstachys. Of these 18 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 179 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 106 species names for the genus Microstachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	17.0%
◕	Synonym	88	83.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 285 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Microstachys recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	18	6.3%
◕	Synonym	267	93.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 106 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Microstachys, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	18	86	0	0	104	98.1%
	Medium confidence	0	2	0	0	2	1.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Microstachys is as follows: