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Manihot is a
plantPlants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
genusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spurge
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
,
EuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
. It contains around 98
speciesIn biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
that are native to the
AmericasThe Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, from
ArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
south to
ArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. The best known member of this genus is the
cassavaCassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...
(
Manihot esculenta).
Manihot species are used as food plants by the
larvaeCaterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
of some
LepidopteraLepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
species including
Endoclita sericeusEndoclita is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 60 described species found in eastern and southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.- Species :*E. aboe - India*E. absurdus - China*E. actinidae - China...
and
Hypercompe hambletoniHypercompe is a genus of moths of the family Arctiidae. There are over 80 species found throughout the Americas. Several species were formerly separated in Ecpantheria which is now regarded as a junior synonym. They are typically large moths with white forewings heavily spotted with black, and...
.
Selected species
- Manihot aesculifolia (Kunth) Pohl
- Manihot alutacea D.J.Rogers & Appan
- Manihot angustiloba (Torr.) Müll.Arg. – Narrow-leaf Cassava
- Manihot anomala Pohl
- Manihot baccata Allem
- Manihot brachyloba Müll.Arg.
- Manihot caerulescens Pohl – Manicoba
- Manihot carthagenensis (Jacq.) Müll.Arg.
- Manihot catingae Ule – Manicoba Brava
- Manihot chlorosticta Standl. & Goldman
- Manihot compositifolia Allem
- Manihot condensata D.J.Rogers & Appan
- Manihot davisiae Croizat – Arizona Manihot
- Manihot diamantinensis Allem
- Manihot dichotoma Ule – Manicoba Rubber
- Manihot esculenta
Cassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates... Crantz – Cassava, Manioc
- Manihot foetida (Kunth) Pohl
- Manihot gabrielensis Allem
- Manihot grahamii Hook. – Graham's Manihot
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Manihot hilariana Baill.
Manihot irwinii D.J.Rogers & Appan
Manihot leptophylla Pax
Manihot maracasensis Ule
Manihot mossamedensis Taub.
Manihot nogueirae Allem
Manihot pentaphylla Pohl
Manihot pruinosa Pohl
Manihot quinqueloba Pohl
Manihot quinquepartita Huber ex D.J.Rogers & Appan
Manihot rhomboidea Müll.Arg.
Manihot rubricaulis I.M.Johnst.
Manihot sagittato-partita Pohl
Manihot sparsifolia Pohl
Manihot subspicata Rogers & Appan – Spiked Manihot
Manihot tripartita (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
Manihot violacea Pohl
Manihot walkerae Manihot walkerae, commonly known as Walker's Manihot, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico. The specific name honours amateur botanist E. J. Walker, who discovered... Croizat – Walker's Manihot |
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