Manihot rhomboidea subsp. microcarpa (Müll.Arg.) D.J.Rogers & Appan belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Manihot
Specific Epithet
rhomboidea
Infraspecific Epithet
microcarpa
Authorship
(Müll.Arg.) D.J.Rogers & Appan
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
6/16/2008
Location
Nicaragua, Esteli
13.250000, -86.360833
Location Remarks
Km 168 on Hwy 1, 16 km N of Estelí, Cuesta de Kukamonga, nearly dry stream bed leading down to Río Estelí; dry forest draped with epiphytes, steep stream banks cut through soft conglomerates with dense epiphytes. 800-850 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Indiana Coronado, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, M. Salazar
Notes
Tree 4 m tall, trunk 15 cm diameter, flowers yellow-green.