Manihot pentaphylla Pohl emend Rogers & Appan subsp. pentaphylla

  • Authority

    Rogers, David J. & Appan, S. G. 1973. Manibot, Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 13: 1-272. 1 chart. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Manihot pentaphylla Pohl emend Rogers & Appan subsp. pentaphylla

  • Type

    TYPE. Pohl 1186 (and on some specimens also 1706). Brasil, Goias: ca Corumba et Corgo do Jaragua (syntypes, F, G, M, W-2).

  • Synonyms

    Manihot pentaphylla Pohl, Manihot uleana Pax & K.Hoffm., Manihot pentaphylla var. genuina Müll.Arg., Jatropha pentaphylla (Pohl) Steud.

  • Description

    Description - Petioles less than 7.0 cm long; leaf lobes 0.5-1.0 cm wide, lobes lax, not erect. Inflorescence a cluster of pendent racemes arising from one basal point, ca 10.0 cm long, usually with more than 15 flowers; bracteoles prominently foliaceous, ca 1.5 cm long, ca 0.8 cm wide, margins entire. Pistillate flowers usually restricted to the base of the upper half of the inflorescence, occasionally closer to the base; pedicels ca 1.5 cm long.

  • Discussion

    Brasil, state of Goias. BRASIL. Goias: Irwin, Maxwell & Wasshausen 18765 (B, COL, F, G, GH, NY, RB, UB, US) 20 km N of Corumba de Goias on road to Niquelandia, 18 Jan 1968; Irwin, Maxwell & Wasshausen 19263 (F, IAN, MICH, MO, NY, S, SP, UB, UC, W) circa 20 km NW of Corumba de Goias, near road to Niquelandia, 27 Jan 1968 Irwin, Souza & dos Santos 11742 (F, NY, SP, UB, US) Campo and Cerrado Sand Stone Summit of Serra Dourada, 18 Jan 1966; Irwin, Souza & dos Santos 11755 (F, G, NY, UB) Campo and Cerrado Sand Stone Summit of Serra Dourada, 18 Jan 1966; Irwin, Souza & dos Santos 11887 (F, GH, K, MO, NY, RB, SP, UB, US) Cerrado Middle Slopes of Serra Dourada, circa 30 km SE of Goias Velho, 21 Jan 1966, Macedo 3436 (MO, NY, US) Serra Dourada, 13 Dec 1951; Macedo 3461 (S) Serra Dourada, 13 Dec 1951,Pohl Icon Tab. 46 (W); Ule 3073 (F, NY) Serra Dos Pyreneos; Ule 374 (P) Serra dos Pyreneos Dec 1892; Ule 472 (P) Nos Campos Perto de Mossamedes, Jan 1893.

  • Distribution

    (Fig 66D). Brasil, state of Goias.

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