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*Manihot grahamii Hooker. Common name: Hardy Tapioca, Graham’s Cassava. Phenology: Apr-Aug; Jun-Sep. Habitat: Suburban forests, vacant lots, other disturbed areas, uncommonly grown as an ornamental, rarely naturalizing. Distribution: Native of tropical America. Introduced in sw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009), FL Panhandle, peninsular FL, west to LA and TX (Aplaca 2012).

Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl2, FNA12, K4, WH3, Govaerts, Frodin, & Radcliffe-Smith (2000). Basionym: Manihot grahamii Hook. 1843

Links to other floras: = Manihot grahamii - FNA12

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