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Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-15
Page range: 131–139
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Two new wild cassava species (Manihot, Euphorbiaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Laboratório de Morfologia e Taxonomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
Diversity endemism Manihotae Brazil Eudicots

Abstract

Manihot luxurians and M. confertiflora are herein described and illustrated. Both species were collected in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region during a taxonomic study of the genus Manihot in the Cerrado Biome. The morphological affinities, habitat, distribution, conservation status of both species are also provided.