Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora

Systematic Position of the Genus 189
pandurate, ca 8.0 cm long, ca 3.5 wide, apex acute, base of lobes narrow, ca 1.0 cm wide,
width between base of sinus and petiole-midrib junction ca 1.0 cm; lowest lobes ca 1/2 as
long as median lobes, nonsymmetric. Inflorescence a monoecious, terminal, short 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, glabrous, margins
dentate. Pistillate flowers restricted to the base of the inflorescence, tepal 1.7 cm long,
yellowish green externally, purplish internally, cleft to base into 5 strap-shaped lobes,
ovary elongated with prominent wavy wings. Staminate buds conical, flowers large, tepal
1.7 cm long, color same as pistillate tepal, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in
2 whorls of 5 each. Capsules and seeds non vidi. Fig 87A, B.
TYPE. Ule 7045: Brasil, Bahia: Bei Calderao, Oct 1906 (syntypes, G, K, L, MG).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 86D). Brasil, states of Pernambuco and Bahia. Plant introduced
to several other tropical countries, but specimens of these either nonexistant or too
fragmentary for positive identification. (See, for example, Cook s n (NA) and Ekman
2690 (S), both from the West Indies, Haiti, included in this monograph as dubious
specimens). Manihot dichotoma is also growing at the United States Department of
Agriculture's Introduction Station at Miami, Florida. BRASIL. Pernambuco: Pickel 632 (SP).
Bahia: Cnrz 109 (SP) Jequie, Cultivada na Fazenda Experimental Theodureto de Camargo, 7 Oct
1965; Cruz 110 (SP) Jequie, Cultivada na Fazenda Experimental Theodureto de Camargo, 7 Oct 1965;
Ule 7362 (K, L) Catinga Bei Tambury, Oct 1906. Province Unknown/Uncertain, Hooker Icon (W).
12. Manihot sect Peruvianae Rogers & Appan, sect nov
Manihot sect Grandibracteatae Pax subsect Peruvianae Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV.
147(Heft 44): 28. 1910.
Manihot sect Parvibracteatae Pax subsect Elatae Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft
44): 55. 1910 pro parte.
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FIG 87. Manibot dichotoma. A, leaf (Ule 7045, L); B, inflorescence (Ule 7045, G).