Biology:Manihot
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Short description: Genus of trees
| Manihot | |
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| Manihot palmata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
| Tribe: | Manihoteae |
| Genus: | Manihot Mill. 1754 not Adans. 1763[1] |
| Type species | |
| Manihot esculenta | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Hotnima A.Chev. | |
Manihot is a genus in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754.[5][3]
Species of Manihot are monoecious[6] trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina and Uruguay.[4] The best known member of this genus is the widely cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta).[7]
Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera including Endoclita sericeus and Hypercompe hambletoni.
- Species[4]
- variety treated as a species
- Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii = Manihot glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem
- formerly included[4]
moved to Aleurites Cnidoscolus Jatropha
Pollination
Monoecy was demonstrated by Jennings 1963 and George & Shifriss 1967.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Manihot Mill.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-03-31. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7234.
- ↑ lectotype designated by R.A. Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 5: 64 (1989)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Manihot Mill.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition vol. 2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Webster, G. L. (2014). "Euphorbiaceae". in Kubitzki, Klaus. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume XI - Flowering Plants, Eudicots - Malpighiales. Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 51–216/x+331. ISBN 978-3-642-39416-4. OCLC 868922400. ISBN:978-3-642-39417-1. ISBN:3642394167.
- ↑ Second, G.; Iglesias, C. (2001). "Chapter 11: The State of the Use of Cassava Genetic Diversity and a Proposal to Enhance it". in Cooper, H.D.; Spillane, C.; Hodgkin, T.. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. CABI Publications (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International) in association with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. pp. 201–221. ISBN 978-0-85199-411-6. OCLC 44420773. https://books.google.com/books?id=HdjrXSP4RIQC.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q149056 entry
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