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 • # 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 )