Manihot pentaphylla is a crotonoid species in the spurge family. It has the synonyms Jatropha pentaphylla and Manihot uleana.[1] M. pentaphylla was first described by H. S. Irwin et al. based on a specimen found in Goiás, Brazil.[2] Two subspecies are known, M. pentaphylla pentaphylla and M. pentaphylla graminifolia, both of which are on the IUCN Red List.[3]
| Manihot pentaphylla | |
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| A M. pentaphylla specimen in Goiás, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Manihot |
| Species: | M. pentaphylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Manihot pentaphylla H.S. Irwin et al.
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References
edit- ^ "Manihot pentaphylla". The Plant List. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ Zeder 2006, p. 57.
- ^ Walter & Gillett 1998, p. 272.
Sources
edit- Walter, Kerry Scott; Gillett, Harriet J. (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. International Union for Conservation of Nature. ISBN 9782831703282.
- Zeder, Melinda A. (2006). Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520246386.
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