Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae) - CNCFlora

230 Flora Neotropica
DISTRIBUTION. Hassler 10896: Paraguay: Sierra de Amambay (syntype, G-2).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 111D). PARAGUAY. Province Unknown/Uncertain: Fiebrig 4669
(BM, K, L) Zwischen Rio Apa Und Rio Aquidaban, Dec; Fiebrig 5297 (G) Zwischen Rio Apa Und
Aquidaban.
95. Manihot reniformis Pohl, PI. Bras. Ic. et Descr. 1: 56. 1827; Muell.-Arg. in DC.,
Prodr. 15(2): 1069. 1866; in Martius, Fl. Bras. 11(2): 444. 1874; Pax in Engler,
Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 93. 1910.
Jatropha reniformis Steudel, Nomencl. ed. 2. 1: 800. 1840.
Subshrubs. Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, filiform, glabrous;
petioles ca 5.0 cm long, terete, glabrous, petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate;
lamina coriaceous, abaxial surface wax pattern spongiose; venation camptodromous, veins
glabrous; lamina nonlobed, rarely shallowly 3 lobed, reniform, ca 7.0 cm long, ca 7.0 cm
wide, apex rounded, base cordate. Inflorescence a monoecious, terminal raceme, ca 7.0
cm long, all parts glabrous; braceteoles foliaceous, ca 1.2 cm long, ca 0.6 cm wide,
margins entire; bractlets foliaceous, ca 1.0 cm long, ca 0.5 cm wide, margins entire.
Pistillate flowers restricted to the base of the inflorescence, pedicels ca 1.0 cm long, tepal
1.2 cm long, cleft to base into 5 lobes, ovary subglobose. Staminate buds ovoid-ellipsoid,
slightly constricted in the middle, flowers medium sized, tepal 1.2 cm long, cleft 1/3 way
down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5 each. Capsules 1.0 cm long, surface
smooth, apex rounded, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds 8.0 cm long, oblong, carunculate and
slightly tapering, caruncle not prominent. Fig 112D; 113A.
TYPE. Martius 1935; Brasil, Bahia; Serra de Sincora, 1818 (syntypes, G, K, L-2, M-4,
MO).
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 112C). BRASIL. Bahia: Froes 20121 (NY) Entre Brejao E Iracema,
Campos Gerais, 20 Feb 1943; Froes 20167 (NY) Entre Brejao E Iracema, Campos Gerais Regiao Serra
Sincora, 19 Feb 1943; Froes 20170 (NY) Entre Brejao E Iracema, Campos Gerais Regiao Serra
Sincora; Froes 20174 (NY) Entre Brejao E Jiquy, Campos Gerais Regiao Serra Sincora, 18 Feb
1943;Froes 20177 (NY, US) Entre Jiquy E Iracema, Campos Gerais, 18 Feb 1943; Ule 7085 (L) Serra
de Sincora, Nov 1906. Province Unknown/Uncertain;: Collector Unknown/Uncertain, Icon. (W).
18. Manihot sect Tripartitae Rogers & Appan, sect nov
Manihot sect Grandibracteatae Pax subsect Tripartitae Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft
44): 37. 1910 pro parte.
Manihot sect Grandibracteatae Pax subsect Augustifoliae Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV.
147(Heft 44): 40. 1910 pro parte.
Manihot sect Sinuatae Pax subsect Laciniosae Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44): 45.
1910 pro parte.
Manihot sect Parvibracteatae Pax subsect Humiles Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 147(Heft 44):
58. 1910 pro parte.
Plantae caulinae, lignosae, infernae ad mediae frutices. Folia petiolatae, penitae
lobatae. Inflorescentia monoecia racema.
Plants caulescent; low to medium shrubs; leaves widely spaced on stem; petiolate,
petiole attachment basal, lamina membranaceous, deeply lobed, lobes variously shaped
but not linear. Inflorescence a monoecious raceme, single or a cluster of racemes arising
from one common base; bracts and bracteoles foliaceous, margins laciniate.
TYPE. Manihot tripartita (Sprengel) Muell.-Arg. emend Rogers & Appan.
DISTRIBUTION. (Fig 114).
96. Manihot tripartita (Sprengel) Mueller von Argau in de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1068.
1866.
Subshrubs ca 1.0 cm tall, several ascending stems from a single base. Young stems
obtuse-angled in cross section, tomentose to glabrous, grayish brown or with purplish