Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora

Systematic Position of the Genus 187
lobes, slightly nonsymmetric. Inflorescence a monoecious, terminal, panicle, ca 8.0 cm
long; peduncles and pedicels tomentose; bracteoles foliaceous, ca 1.0 cm long, ca 0.6 cm
wide, tomentose, margins entire; bracteoles foliaceous, tomentose. Pistillate flowers
restricted to the base of the upper 2/3 of the inflorescence; pedicels 1.0 cm long, tepal
1.0 cm long, cleft to base into 5 lobes, exterior and interior surfaces of lobes tomentose;
ovary subglobose, tomentose. Staminate buds ovoid-ellipsoid, tepal 1.0 cm long,
tomentose, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5 each. Capsules
and seeds non vidi. Fig 85C, D.
TYPE. Ule 7003: Brasil, Bahia: bei Maracas, Sep 1906 (syntypes, photo at F, G, L,
photo at NY).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 85B). Brasil, state of Bahia. BRASIL. Bahia: Luetzelburg 12251
(M) Rio de Contas, Itubira.
LOCAL NAME. Mani;oba (Luetzelburg 12251).
71. Manihot catingae Ule, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 221. 1908; Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich
IV. 147(Heft 44): 78. 1910.
Trees, 2.0-5.0 m tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, setaceous,
glabrous, less than 1.0 cm long, margins dentate; petioles ca 5.0 cm long, terete, glabrous,
petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina slightly coriaceous, abaxial surface
wax pattern reticulate; venation camptodromous, veins glabrous; lamina palmately 3
lobed; median lobes elliptic, ca 7.0 cm long, ca 2.0 cm wide, apex acute, base of lobes
narrow, ca 0.75 cm wide, width between base of sinus and petiole-lamina junction ca 0.75
cm; lowest lobes slightly smaller than median lobes, slightly nonsymmetric. Inflorescence
a monoecious, terminal, short, few flowered raceme, ca 4.0 cm long, all parts except the
interior surface of tepals glabrous; bracteoles and bractlets setaceous, less than 0.5 cm
long, less than 0.2 cm wide, margins dentate. Pistillate flowers restricted to the base of
the upper 2/3 of the inflorescence; pedicels 1.5 cm long; tepal 1.0 cm long, interior
surface sparsely pubescent, cleft to base into 5 lobes; ovary subglobose. Staminate buds
ovoid-ellipsoid; flowers medium sized, tepal 1.0 cm long, interior surface sparsely
pubescent, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5 each. Capsules
1.25 cm long, subglobose, slightly elongated, surface smooth, apex rounded. Seeds non
vidi. Fig 86B, C.
TYPE. Ule 7142: Brasil, Bahia: bei Remanso, Dec 1906 (syntypes, F, G, K, L, photo
at NY).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 86A). Brasil, state of Bahia. BRASIL. Bahia: Luetzelburg 365 (F,
NY) Catinga Gebiet, Central Bahia, 1913.
LOCAL NAME. Manicoba brava (Luetzelburg 365).
72. Manihot dichotoma Ule, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5(41): 2. 1907; No. 41A: 16, 19,
f. 1 A, B. 1908: Hook. Icon. pl. 29 t. 2876, 2877. 1909; Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich
IV. 147(Heft 44): 83. 1910.
Manibot dichotoma Ule var parvifolia Ule, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5(41a): 20. 1908; Pax in
Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 83. 1910. Type. Ule 7362 (syntypes, K, L).
Manihot dichotoma Ule var genuina Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 83. 1910.
Trees 3.0-12.0 m tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, setaceous,
less than 1.0 cm long, margins dentate, glabrous; petioles ca 8.0 cm long, terete, glabrous,
petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina slightly coriaceous to membranaceous,
abaxial surface wax pattern reticulate; venation camptodromous, veins glabrous;
lamina palmately 5 lobed, 3 major and 2 smaller; median lobes obovate, frequently