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Manihot

The genus Manihot is in the family Euphorbiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Manihot

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Manihot acuminatissima Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot aesculifolia (Kunth) Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot alutacea D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot angustiloba (Torr.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot anisophylla (Griseb.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot anomala Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot attenuata Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot auriculata McVaugh Accepted H WCSP
Manihot baccata Allem Accepted H WCSP
Manihot brachyandra Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot brachyloba Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot caerulescens Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot carthaginensis (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot catingae Ule Accepted H WCSP
Manihot caudata Greenm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot cecropiifolia Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot chlorosticta Standl. & Goldman Accepted H WCSP
Manihot compositifolia Allem Accepted H WCSP
Manihot condensata D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot corymbiflora Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot crassisepala Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot crotalariiformis Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot davisiae Croizat Accepted H WCSP
Manihot diamantinensis Allem Accepted H WCSP
Manihot dichotoma Ule Accepted H WCSP
Manihot divergens Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot epruinosa Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot esculenta Crantz Accepted H WCSP
Manihot falcata D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot filamentosa Pittier Accepted H WCSP
Manihot flemingiana D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot foetida (Kunth) Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot fruticulosa (Pax) D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot gabrielensis Allem Accepted H WCSP
Manihot gracilis Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot grahamii Hook. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot guaranitica Chodat & Hassl. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot handroana Cruz Accepted H WCSP
Manihot hassleriana Chodat Accepted H WCSP
Manihot heptaphylla Ule Accepted H WCSP
Manihot hilariana Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot hunzikeriana Mart.Crov. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot inflata Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot irwinii D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot jacobinensis Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot janiphoides Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot jolyana Cruz Accepted H WCSP
Manihot leptophylla Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot longipetiolata Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot maracasensis Ule Accepted H WCSP
Manihot marajoara Huber Accepted H WCSP
Manihot mcvaughii V.W.Steinm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot membranacea Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot michaelis McVaugh Accepted H WCSP
Manihot mirabilis Pax Accepted H WCSP
Manihot mossamedensis Taub. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot nana Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot neusana Nassar Accepted H WCSP
Manihot nogueirae Allem Accepted H WCSP
Manihot oaxacana D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot obovata J.Jiménez Ram. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot oligantha Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot orbicularis Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot palmata Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pauciflora Brandegee Accepted H WCSP
Manihot paviifolia Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot peltata Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pentaphylla Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot peruviana Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pilosa Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pohliana Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pohlii Wawra Accepted H WCSP
Manihot populifolia Pax Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pringlei S.Watson Accepted H WCSP
Manihot procumbens Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pruinosa Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pseudoglaziovii Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot purpureocostata Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot pusilla Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot quinquefolia Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot quinqueloba Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot quinquepartita Huber ex D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot reniformis Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot reptans Pax Accepted H WCSP
Manihot rhomboidea Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot rubricaulis I.M.Johnst. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot sagittatopartita Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot salicifolia Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot sparsifolia Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot stipularis Pax Accepted H WCSP
Manihot stricta Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot subspicata D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot surinamensis D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot tenella Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot tomatophylla Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot tomentosa Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot triloba (Sessé) McVaugh ex Miranda Accepted H WCSP
Manihot tripartita (Spreng.) Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot triphylla Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot tristis Müll.Arg. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot variifolia Pax & K.Hoffm. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot violacea Pohl Accepted H WCSP
Manihot walkerae Croizat Accepted H WCSP
Manihot websteri D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot weddelliana Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Manihot xavantinensis D.J.Rogers & Appan Accepted H WCSP
Manihot zehntneri Ule Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 264 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Manihot. Of these 107 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 100 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Manihot. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 264 species names for the genus Manihot recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 107 40.5%
Synonym 151 57.2%
Unplaced 5 1.9%
Unassessed 1 0.4%

All names

The status of the 364 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Manihot recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 136 37.4%
Synonym 222 61.0%
Unplaced 5 1.4%
Unassessed 1 0.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 264 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Manihot, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 107 146 0 0 253 95.8%
Medium confidence 0 4 0 0 4 1.5%
Low confidence 0 1 5 1 7 2.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Manihot, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 4 0 1 0 5 1.9%
WCSP 107 147 5 0 0 259 98.1%