Manihot brachyandra Pax & K.Hoffm.
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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. Luetzelburg 12252 n v, ex parte (fide Pax): Brasil, Bahia: Rio de Contas, Itubira, Jui 1913.
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Description
Description - Plant growth habit unknown. Young stems pubescent; mature stems non vidi. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous; petioles 14.0 cm long (leaf description based on the only mature leaf of the type specimen), terete, pubescent, petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina coriaceous, abaxial surface wax pattern reticulate; venation camptodromous, veins pubescent; lamina palmately 7 lobed, lamina at sinus not overlapping; median lobes obovate, 8.0 cm long, 3.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, base of lobes 1.0 cm wide, width between base of sinus and petiole-midrib junction 1.0 cm; lowest lobes slightly smaller than median lobes, slightly nonsymmetric. Inflorescence a monoecious, terminal, panicle, 4.0 cm long, peduncles and pedicels pubescent; bracteoles and bractlets setaceous, less than 0.5 cm long, less than 0.2 cm wide, pubescent. Pistillate tepal 0.7 cm long, cleft to base into 5 lobes, pubescent, ovary subglobose, pubescent. Staminate buds globose to ovoid-ellipsoid, tepal 0.6 cm long, cleft 1/3 way down into 5 lobes, pubescent; stamens 10, in 2 whorls of 5 each, filaments pubescent. Capsules and seeds non vidi.
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Discussion
Pax stated that only a part of Luetzelburg 12252 was the type of his species. He did not state what the remaining portion of the specimen was referred to. We have examined only Luetzelburg 12252A, a fragmentary specimen, which fits the description of M. brachyandra, but the specimen may be the part of the specimen excluded by Pax.
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Distribution
(Fig 84D).
Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America|