Characteristics
Dicots
Manihot esculenta Crantz
CASSAVA
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Not Native
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Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Manihot esculenta Crantz - CASSAVA
Citation
MANIHOT ESCULENTA Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167. 1766.
Jatropha manihot Linnaeus 1753
Without data (lectotype: Merian, Diss. Generat. Metamorph. Insect. Surinam. f. 4, 5. 1726). Lectotypified by D. J. Rogers & Appan, Fl. Neotrop. 13: 29. 1973.
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