Genus Manihot Mill.


Summary
Genus number:
7234
Last updated:
21 June 2013
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Manihoteae
Accession count:

277 (4  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)

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References:
  1. Cervantes-Alcayde, M.-A. et al. 2015. Apparent similarity, underlying homoplasy: Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the North American clade of Manihot. Amer. J. Bot. 104:520-532. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500063. Note: this study found evidence for all "North American species form a clade"; it supported that "North American and Mesoamerican species are distantly related", and that these species were not involved in the domestication of cassava
  2. Duputié, A. et al. 2011. Evolutionary biogeography of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae), a rapidly radiating Neotropical genus restricted to dry environments. J. Biogeogr. 38:1033-1043. Note: this study found evidence for a Mesoamerican origin of the genus and radiation to South America, presently all species analyzed showed "clustering according to geography and ecology"
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, Manihot esculenta
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=7234. Accessed 11 May 2026.