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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.

How to Cite

Silva, Marcos José. 2015. “Two New Wild Cassava Species (<em>Manihot</Em>, Euphorbiaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado”. Phytotaxa 213 (2):131–139. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.213.2.6.