Microstachys corniculata(Vahl) A.Juss. ex Griseb.

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WFO wfo-0000243693 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-06 / obs. 168372906
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132247693
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. c Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117398852
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168372869
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. e Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132247663
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. f Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117398831
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. g Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132247650
Microstachys corniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. h Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117398788

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Microstachys corniculata is native: Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicFrench GuianaGuyanaHaitiHondurasPanamáParaguayPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Microstachys corniculata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Northwest MXN NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 84 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cnemidostachys acalyphoides Mart. & Zucc.
  • Cnemidostachys campestris Mart. ex Baill.
  • Cnemidostachys dubia Wawra
  • Cnemidostachys pahlii Spreng.
  • Cnemidostachys patula Mart.
  • Cnemidostachys patula f. dubia (Wawra) Wawra
  • Cnemidostachys prostrata Mart. & Zucc.
  • Cnemidostachys sellowiana Klotzsch ex Baill.
  • Cnemidostachys tragioides Mart. & Zucc.
  • Cnemidostachys velutina Klotzsch ex Baill.
  • Microstachys acalyphoides (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
  • Microstachys bicornis A.Juss.
  • Microstachys fruticulosa (H.Karst.) H.Karst.
  • Microstachys guianensis Klotzsch
  • Microstachys micrantha Benth.
  • Microstachys polymorpha Müll.Arg.
  • Microstachys prostrata (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
  • Microstachys tragioides (Mart. & Zucc.) F.Dietr.
  • Microstachys vahlii (Spreng.) A.Rich.
  • Sebastiania boliviana Rusby
  • Sebastiania corniculata (Vahl) Müll.Arg.
  • Sebastiania corniculata f. discopoda Müll.Arg.
  • Sebastiania corniculata f. fallax Müll.Arg.
  • Sebastiania corniculata f. olfersiana Müll.Arg.

and 60 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.