Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora

Systematic
Position of the Genus 177
A rB
FIG 80. Manihot variifolia. A, leaf (Hassler 10897, G); B, inflorescence (Hassler 10897, G).
variously shaped but not linear. Inflorescence a monoecious panicle or raceme; bracts and
bracteoles setaceous to foliaceous, margins dentate or entire.
TYPE. Manihot glaziovii Muell.-Arg.
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 81).
Key to the Species of Sect Glaziovianae
1. Inflorescence a panicle.
2. Bracts and bracteoles setaceous, less than 0.25 cm wide.
3. Petiole attachment peltate.
4. Inflorescence usually more than 10.0 cm long, many flowered; leaves usually 3 lobed;
median lobes obovate, usually more than 3.0 cm wide; lobes usually overlapping at
the sinus; basal lobes recurved. 66. M. glaziovii.
4. Inflorescence less than 10.0 cm long, few flowered; leaves 5 lobed; median lobes
oblong, usually less than 3.0 cm wide; lobes separated at sinus; basal lobes straight.
67. M. pseudoglaziovii.
3. Petiole attachment basal.
5. Inflorescence totally glabrous (with the rare exception of the interior surface of
tepal).
68. M. epruinosa.
5. Peduncles, pedicels, bracteoles, bractlets and filaments pubescent. 69. M. brachyandra.
2. Bracts and bracteoles foliaceous, more than 0.5 cm wide. 70. M. maracasensis.
1. Inflorescence a raceme.
6. Staminate buds ovoid-ellipsoid; leaves usually 3 lobed; lobes never pandurate. 71. M. catingae.
6. Staminate buds conical; leaves 5 lobed; lobes frequently pandurate. 72. M. dichotoma.
66. Manihot glaziovii Mueller von Argau in Martius, Fl. Bras. 11(2): 446. 1874; Pax in
Engler & Prantl, Pflzfam. 3(5): 79. 1890; Peckolt, Ber. Deutsch. Pharm. Ges. 16: 29.
1906; Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 89. 1910; Tobler, Ber.
Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 38: 159. 1920.
Tall shrubs to trees, to 10.0 m tall, trunks at base 20.0-30.0 cm in diam, with
copious latex. Young stems and mature stems glabrous, the former often with a light