Manihot esculenta

Taxonomy ID: 3983 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:3983)

current name

Manihot esculenta  Crantz, 1766

Genbank common name: cassava
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Manihot utilissima

common name(s)

yuca, tapioca, manioc

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae; Crotonoideae; Manihoteae; Manihot

Comments and References:

image:Manihot esculenta Image by from Wikimedia Commons under a Public Domain license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

IPNI (Mar 07, 2008) Name verified on 7 March 2008, in: The International Plant Names Index (2004). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org

GRIN (Mar 07, 2008) Name verified on 7 March 2008 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

TROPICOS (Mar 07, 2008) Name verified on 7 March 2008, in: W3TROPICOS, the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database, vers. 1.5, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA.

Roa et al. 1999 Roa AC et al. 1997. AFLP analysis of relationships among cassava and other Manihot species. Theoretical and applied genetics 95: 741-750.

FNA - Manihot Hayden WJ. 2016. Manihot Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4. vol. 2. 1754. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 12: Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. New York and Oxford. On-line version.