Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Manihot Mill.
CASSAVA
Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Manihot
Citation
MANIHOT Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Manihot esculenta Crantz (Jatropha manihot Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Webster, J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 346. 1967.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Manihot esculenta CASSAVA Not Native
Manihot grahamii GRAHAM'S CASSAVA Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade lobes without secondary lobes; stipules lanceolate, entire; stem nodes conspicuously swollen; leaf and stipule scars elevated, especially on older stems; fruit usually winged
1.  Median and adjacent leaf blade lobes with secondary lobes, lateral lobes without secondary lobes; stipules linear, remotely serrate; stem nodes not swollen; leaf and stipule scars not elevated; fruit not winged
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Hotnima Hotnima A. Chevalier, J. Agric. Trop. 8(82): 111. 1908. TYPE: Hotnima teissonnieri (A. Chevalier) A. Chevalier (Manihot teissonieri A. Chevalier)
Janipha Janipha Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Ap. 2: 106, t. 109. 1817. TYPE: Janipha aesculifolia Kunth
Mandioca Mandioca Link, Handbuch 2: 436. 1829. TYPE: Non designatus.
Manihotoides Manihotoides D. J. Rogers & Appan, Fl. Neotrop. 13: 247. 1973. TYPE: Manihotoides pauciflora (Brandegee) D. J. Rogers & Appan (Manihot pauciflora Brandegee)