Manihot pusilla Pohl

• 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 pusilla Pohl

• Type

  TYPE. Pohl 1181: Brasil, Goias: Serra de Cristaes (syntypes, photo at F, W).

• Synonyms

  Jatropha pusilla Steud., Manihot palmata var. pusilla (Pohl) Müll.Arg.

• Description

  Description - Very short acaulescent subshrubs; internodes very short, less than 0.5 cm long. Stems glabrous. Leaves borne more or less as a rosette (description based on the depauperate plant representing the type specimen); stipules persistent, foliaceous, ca 3.0 cm long, ca 0.3 cm wide, glabrous, margins serrate; petioles 6.0 cm long (immature leaf), terete, glabrous, petiole attachment to lamina basal, nonpeltate; lamina membranaceous, abaxial surface wax pattern smooth; venation camptodromous, veins glabrous; lamina palmately 7 lobed, midribs reflexed; median lobes oblong, 6.0 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base of lobes narrowly constricted, less than 0.2 cm wide, width between base of sinus and petiole lamina junction less than 0.2 cm; lowest lobes slightly smaller than median lobes. Inflorescence non vidi. Capsules and seeds non vidi.

• Distribution

  Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America|