Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora

222 Flora Neotropica
TYPE. Pohl 1194 (and on some specimens also 1660): Brasil, Goias: ca S. Luzia
(syntypes, F, K, M, W-2).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 106C). Brasil, states of Mato Grosso and Goias. Alt to ca 400 m,
in cerrado. BRASIL. Mato Grosso: Irwin & Soderstrom 6675 (F, K, NY, UB) circa 75 km N of
Xavantina, 9 Oct 1964; Malme 2344 (S-3) S Anna Da Chapada, 21 Sep 1902. Goias: Pohl Icon Tab. 10
(W). Sao Paulo: Riedel 613 (F, G-2) Rio Pardo.
90. Manihot attenuata Mueller von Argau in Martius, Fl. Bras. 11(2): 442. 1874; Pax in
Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44); 95. 1910.
Manihot brachystachys Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 97. 1910, Type. Glaziou
22126 (syntypes, F, G, K, NY, P, S).
Subshrubs, ca 0.5 m tall; several ascending stems arising from a woody base. Stems
glabrous. Leaves alternate, held erect on plants; stipules caducous, filiform, glabrous;
leaves subsessile, petioles less than 0.5 cm long, glabrous, petiole attachment to lamina
basal, nonpeltate; lamina membranaceous to slightly coriaceous, abaxial surface wax
pattern smooth; venation camptodromous, veins glabrous; lamina nonlobed, gladiate, ca
20.0 cm long, ca 2.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base acute. Inflorescence a monoecious,
terminal, subspicate raceme, ca 7.0 cm long; bracteoles semifoliaceous, ca 0.75 cm long,
ca 0.4 cm wide, sparsely pubescent, margins entire or serrate; bractlets semifoliaceous, ca
0.5 cm long, ca 0.3 cm wide, sparsely pubescent. Pistillate flowers restricted to the base
of the inflorescence, tepal 1.0 cm long, interior surface sparsely pubescent, cleft to base
into 5 lobes, ovary subglobose. Staminate buds ovoid-ellipsoid to fusiform, tepal 1.0 cm
long, interior surface pubescent, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in 2 whorls
of 5 each. Capsules small, 0.9 cm long, surface without wings, apex rounded, dehiscence
septicidal. Seeds 0.7 cm long, oblong, caruncle not well developed. Fig 107D; 108A.
TYPE. Burchell 7865: Brasil, Goias: inter Goyaz et Cavalcante (syntypes, Photo F,
G, K).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 107C). BRASIL. Goias: Glaziou 22126 (F, G, K, NY, P, S) Chapado
Dos Veadeiros, 8 Jan 1895;Irwin, Grear, Souza & dos Santos 12654 (F, K, NY, SP, UB) Chapada Dos
Veadeiros circa 15 km W of Veadeiros, 12 Feb 1966; Irwin, Souza & dos Santos 9421 (F, G, MO, NY,
RB, UB, US) circa 12 km NW of Veadeiros, Road to Cavalcante, 21 Oct 1965.
91. Manihot weddelliana Baillon, Adansonia 4: 281. 1863-1864; Pax in Engler,
Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 98. 1910.
Subshrubs. Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, filiform, glabrous;
leaves subsessile, petioles less than 0.5 cm long, glabrous, petiole attachment to lamina
basal, nonpeltate; lamina membranaceous, abaxial surface wax pattern reticulate, showing
discrete rings; venation craspedodromous, veins glabrous; lamina nonlobed, nearly
digitiform, ca 10.0 cm long, ca 1.5 cm wide, often with 2 short attenuate lobules near the
base, margin repand or incised, apex acuminate, base acute to obtuse. Inflorescence a
monoecious, terminal, short, subspicate raceme, ca 3.0 cm long, all parts except the
interior surface of tepals glabrous; bracteoles foliaceous, ca 1.5 cm long, ca 0.6 cm wide,
margins laciniate; bractlets foliaceous, ca 1.5 cm long, ca 0.4 cm wide, margins laciniate.
Pistilliate flowers non vidi. Staminate 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
and seeds non vidi. Fig 108C, D.
TYPE. Weddell 2908: Brasil, Goias: entre Goyaz et Cujaba, Nov-Dec 1844 (syntypes,
F, P).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 108B).