Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora
Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora
Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora
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212 Flora Neotropica<br />
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 99C). Brasil, states Goias and Minas Gerais. BRASIL. Goias: Ir-<br />
win, Grear, Souza & dos Santos 13636 (UB) Campo circa 15 km W of Cristalina, 6 Mar 1966; Irwin,<br />
Grear, Souza & dos Santos 13763 (NY, UB) Campo and Cerrado circa 15 km E of Cristalina, 8 Mar<br />
1966; Irwin, Souza & dos Santos 9783 (F, G, GH, K, LIL, MICH, MO, NY, RB, SP, UB, UC, US, W)<br />
Cerrado 5 km W of Cristalina, 2 Nov 1965;Pohl Icon Tab. 19 (W-2). Minas Gerais: Duarte 2785 (PUL,<br />
RB) Patos, Arredores, 18 Aug 1950.<br />
85. <strong>Manihot</strong> nana Mueller von Argau in Martius, Fl. Bras. 11(2): 448. 1874; Pax in<br />
Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 55. 1910.<br />
Very short, nearly acaulescent, subshrubs, ca 8.0 cm tall; internodes very short,<br />
usually less than 1.0 cm long. Stems glabrous. Leaves borne more or less as a rosette,<br />
stipules persistent, setaceous, ca 1.0 cm long, less than 0.1 cm wide, glabrous, margins<br />
entire, rarely serrate; petioles 3.0-11.0 cm long, terete, glabrous, petiole attachment to<br />
lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina membranaceous to slightly coriaceous, adaxial surface<br />
dark green, abaxial surface lightly pruinose, abaxial surface wax pattern smooth; venation<br />
camptodromous, veins glabrous; lamina palmately 5 lobed, midribs straight or slightly<br />
curved; median lobes subrotundate, ca 4.0 cm long, ca 3.0 cm wide, apex retuse or<br />
obtuse, base of lobes narrow, less than 1.0 cm wide, width between base of sinus and<br />
petiole-lamina junction less than 1.0 cm, lamina at sinus prominently overlapping; lowest<br />
lobes slightly smaller than median lobes. Inflorescence non vidi. Capsules and seeds non<br />
vidi. (Description based on the fragmentary leaves in the type<br />
collection and the<br />
depauperate, sterile plant in Riedel s n) Fig 100B.<br />
TYPE. Riedel 2824: Brasil, Goias: ad Chapadao de S. Marcos (syntypes, Photo F, G).<br />
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 100A). Brasil, states of Goias and Minas Gerais. BRASIL. Goias:<br />
Riedel s n (P). Minas Gerais: Heringer 7781 (NY), 31 Nov 1960.<br />
FIG 100. Maniot nana. A, distribution; B, the plant (Riedel s n, P).<br />
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