Manihot sagittato-partita Pohl
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Authority
Rogers, David J. & Appan, S. G. 1973. Manibot, Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 13: 1-272. 1 chart. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Euphorbiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
TYPE. Pohl 734 (and on some specimens also 1704): Brasil: ca Villa Paracatu do Principe, Capitaniae Minas Geraes, et ad Serra do Cristaes, Capitaniae Goias. (Syntypes, F, G, K-2, W-2.)
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Synonyms
Jatropha sagittato-partita Steud.
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Description
Description - Subshrubs, to 0.5 m tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous; petioles ca 5.0 cm long, terete, glabrous, petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina coriaceous, held vertically on the plant, adaxial surface dark green, abaxial surface wax pattern smooth; venation camptodromous, veins glabrous; lamina sagittately 3 lobed; median lobes ovate-elliptic, ca 8.0 cm long, ca 1.75 cm wide, apex acuminate, sinus of median lobes forming a wide angle of more than 90 ; lowest lobes more or less same as median lobes, midribs strongly curved downwards. Inflorescence a monoecious, terminal, short raceme, ca 3.0 cm long, all parts glabrous; bracteoles and bractlets setaceous less than 0.2 cm long, less than 0.1 cm wide. Pistillate flowers restricted to the base of the inflorescence, several flowers arising from the base of the rachis more or less as a whorl; pedicels 1.0 cm long; tepal 1.0 cm long, cleft to base into 5 lobes, yellowish green; ovary subglobose. Staminate buds ovoid-ellipsoid, flowers small, tepal 1.1 cm long, yellowish green, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5 each. Fruits and seeds non vidi.
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Distribution
(Fig 5ID). Brasil in the states Goias and Minas Gerais. Alt ca 1000 m.
Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|