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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Manihot

Hierarchical position of the Genus Manihot

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Euphorbianae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Euphorbiales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 13. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Euphorbiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 384. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Spurges       Tribus  Manihoteae Pax in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 5: 14. Mai 1890.       Subtribus  Manihotinae M�ll.-Arg. in DC. pub. Prodr. 15(2): 1033, 1056. late Aug 1866.       Genus  Manihot Mill. pub. (1754) common name: manihot

Named members of the Genus Manihot

1	Species  aipi Pohl syn. Manihot esculenta
2	Species  angustiloba (Torr.) Muell.-Arg. common name: desertmountain manihot
3	Species  caerulescens Pohl common name: manicoba
4	Species  catingae Ule common name: manicoba brava
5	Species  davisiae Croizat common name: Arizona manihot
6	Species  dichotoma Ule common name: manicoba rubber
7	Species  dulcis (J. F. Gmelin) Pax syn. Manihot esculenta
8	Species  esculenta Crantz common name: tapioca, manioc, cassava
9	Species  glaziovii Muell.-Arg. common name: ceara rubbertree
10	Species  grahamii Hook. common name: Graham's manihot
11	Species  manihot (L.) Cockerell syn. Manihot esculenta
12	Species  melanobasis Muell. Arg. syn. Manihot esculenta
13	Species  piauhyensis Ule syn. Manihot caerulescens
14	Species  saxicola Lanj. syn. Manihot tristis ssp. saxicola
15	Species  subspicata Rogers & Appan common name: spiked manihot
16	Species  tristis Muell. Arg.
	17    Subspecies  saxicola (Lanj.) Rogers & Appan common name: manihot
18	Species  utilissima Pohl syn. Manihot esculenta
19	Species  walkerae Croizat common name: Walker's manihot

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.