Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Manihot Mill.
CASSAVA
Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Manihot
Citation
MANIHOT Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Manihot esculenta Crantz (Jatropha manihot Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Webster, J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 346. 1967.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Manihot esculenta CASSAVA Not Native
Manihot grahamii GRAHAM'S CASSAVA Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Leaf blade lobes without secondary lobes; stipules lanceolate, entire; stem nodes conspicuously swollen; leaf and stipule scars elevated, especially on older stems; fruit usually winged
1.  Median and adjacent leaf blade lobes with secondary lobes, lateral lobes without secondary lobes; stipules linear, remotely serrate; stem nodes not swollen; leaf and stipule scars not elevated; fruit not winged
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Hotnima Hotnima A. Chevalier, J. Agric. Trop. 8(82): 111. 1908. TYPE: Hotnima teissonnieri (A. Chevalier) A. Chevalier (Manihot teissonieri A. Chevalier)
Janipha Janipha Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Ap. 2: 106, t. 109. 1817. TYPE: Janipha aesculifolia Kunth
Mandioca Mandioca Link, Handbuch 2: 436. 1829. TYPE: Non designatus.
Manihotoides Manihotoides D. J. Rogers & Appan, Fl. Neotrop. 13: 247. 1973. TYPE: Manihotoides pauciflora (Brandegee) D. J. Rogers & Appan (Manihot pauciflora Brandegee)