Source de la synonymie
Rogers, D. J. & Appan, S. G. 1973. Manihot Manihotoides (Euphorbiaceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph, 13: 1-272. [CD_REF = 447153] Manihot esculenta Crantz, 1766

 

Source de la synonymie
Allem, A. C. 1994. the origin of Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae). Genetic resources and crop Evolution, 41(3): 133-150. [CD_REF = 903004] Manihot esculenta subsp. flabellifolia (Pohl) Cif., 1942

 

Statut pour la Guyane française
Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S. N. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 55: 1-580. [GF = P]

 

Date de publication : Pflanzenr. IV. 147 II(Heft 44): [70-]71. 1910 [04/10/1910, fide TL-2, 1713, p. 789].

Type : "specimen a cl. Spruce in vicinibus Santarem provinciae brasiliensis Pará lectum, a cl. Müller-Arg. pro M. utilissima sumptum." [protologue].
Brésil, Pará, Santarém, 04/1850, fleurs. This is the variety most commonly cultivated here - it grows 8 or 10 feet high, has the stems lenghen, the lower leaves fall off, leaving the stems naked to near the top. R. Spruce 825 (HT: B [détruit; photo: F0BN005471]; IT: BM, G00319353, K000600389 [ex hb. Hook.], K000600390 [ex hb. Benth.], NY, OXF, P00648607, W).