Manihot: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Manihot
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Manihot
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Manihot
Manihot is a genus in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754.
Species of Manihot are monoecious trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina and Uruguay. The best known member of this genus is the widely cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta).
Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera including Endoclita sericeus and Hypercompe hambletoni.
- Species
- variety treated as a species
- Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii = Manihot glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem
- formerly included
moved to Aleurites Cnidoscolus Jatropha
...Manihot in languages:
- Czech
- maniok
- Danish
- maniok
- Finnish
- maniokit
- Polish
- Maniok
- Thai
- สกุล มันสำปะหลัง
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Manihot aesculifolia
- Manihot angustiloba
- Manihot anisophylla
- Manihot anomala
- Manihot arenaria
- Manihot auriculata
- Manihot baccata
- Manihot brachyloba
- Manihot caerulescens
- Manihot carthagenensis
- Manihot caudata
- Manihot chlorosticta
- Manihot condensata
- Manihot crassisepala
- Manihot davisiae
- Manihot debilis
- Manihot dichotoma
- Manihot elongata
- Manihot esculenta
- Manihot fabianae
- Manihot foetida
- Manihot gracilis
- Manihot grahamii
- Manihot guaranitica
- Manihot jacobinensis
- Manihot mcvaughii
- Manihot michaelis
- Manihot neusana
- Manihot oaxacana
- Manihot obovata
- Manihot oligantha
- Manihot palmata
- Manihot pauciflora
- Manihot peltata
- Manihot pentaphylla
- Manihot pohlii
- Manihot pringlei
- Manihot quinqueloba
- Manihot reniformis
- Manihot rhomboidea
- Manihot rubricaulis
- Manihot sagittato-partita
- Manihot sparsifolia
- Manihot subspicata
- Manihot takape
- Manihot tomatophylla
- Manihot triloba
- Manihot tripartita
- Manihot tristis
- Manihot violacea
- Manihot walkerae
- Manihot websteri






























































































































































