Manihot is a genus in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754.[5][3]
Manihot | |
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Manihot palmata | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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.
moved to Aleurites Cnidoscolus Jatropha
Monoecy was demonstrated by Jennings 1963 and George & Shifriss 1967.[6]
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