Manihot

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Manihot
Manihot palmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Manihoteae
Genus: Manihot
Mill.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Hotnima A.Chev.
Janipha Kunth
Mandioca Link
Manihotoides D.J.Rogers & Appan[1]

Manihot is a genus of about 100 species[2] in the large plant family, Euphorbiaceae. Species of Manihot are monecious trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina. The best known member of this genus is the widely-cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta).[3]

Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera including Endoclita sericeus and Hypercompe hambletoni.

Selected species

  • Manihot aesculifolia (Kunth) Pohl
  • Manihot alutacea D.J.Rogers & Appan
  • Manihot angustiloba (Torr.) Müll.Arg. – Narrow-leaf Cassava
  • Manihot anomala Pohl
  • Manihot baccata Allem
  • Manihot brachyloba Müll.Arg.
  • Manihot caerulescens Pohl – Manicoba
  • Manihot carthagenensis (Jacq.) Müll.Arg.
  • Manihot catingae Ule – Manicoba Brava
  • Manihot chlorosticta Standl. & Goldman
  • Manihot compositifolia Allem
  • Manihot condensata D.J.Rogers & Appan
  • Manihot davisiae Croizat – Arizona Manihot
  • Manihot diamantinensis Allem
  • Manihot dichotoma Ule – Manicoba Rubber
  • Manihot esculenta Crantz – Cassava, Manioc
  • Manihot foetida (Kunth) Pohl
  • Manihot gabrielensis Allem
  • Manihot grahamii Hook. – Graham's Manihot
  • Manihot hilariana Baill.
  • Manihot irwinii D.J.Rogers & Appan
  • Manihot leptophylla Pax
  • Manihot maracasensis Ule
  • Manihot mossamedensis Taub.
  • Manihot nogueirae Allem
  • Manihot pentaphylla Pohl
  • Manihot pruinosa Pohl
  • Manihot quinqueloba Pohl
  • Manihot quinquepartita Huber ex D.J.Rogers & Appan
  • Manihot rhomboidea Müll.Arg.
  • Manihot rubricaulis I.M.Johnst.
  • Manihot sagittato-partita Pohl
  • Manihot sparsifolia Pohl
  • Manihot subspicata Rogers & Appan – Spiked Manihot
  • Manihot tripartita (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
  • Manihot violacea Pohl
  • Manihot walkerae Croizat – Walker's Manihot[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Manihot Mill.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-03-31. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  2. ↑ Rodgers, D.J. & S.A Ganapthi. 1917. Manihot and Manihotaides (Euphorbiaceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph No. 13.
  3. ↑ Second, G; C. Iglesias (2001). "Chapter 11: The State of the Use of Cassava Genetic Diversity and a Proposal to Enhance it". In H. David Cooper, Charlie Spillane. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. CABI. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-0-85199-411-6. 
  4. ↑ "Manihot". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 
  5. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Manihot". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-05-06. 

External links

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