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|accepted_name=Manihot subspicata
|accepted_authority=D. J. Rogers & Appan in Organization for Flora Neotropica
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Neotrop.
|place=13: 62, figs. 19D, 20A–C. 1973
|year=1973
}}
|common_names=Spiked manihot;palo mulato
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Manihot;Manihot subspicata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Manihot]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Manihot subspicata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 193
|treatment_page=page 196
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, to 1 m. <b>Roots</b> thickened. <b>Stems</b> lax (often leaning on other vegetation), terete when young; nodes not swollen; leaf and stipule scars not elevated. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules lanceolate, entire; petiole 2–10 cm; blade basally attached to subpeltate, 5-lobed, lobes with acute secondary lobes near base, median lobe 2–10 cm, margins thickened and revolute, remotely serrate, apex acute to acuminate (bristle-tipped), surfaces glabrous, abaxial smooth. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes, 25 cm. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 1–5 mm; pistillate 10–20 mm in fruit, downcurved. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx campanulate to conic, 8–13 mm, lobes reflexed; stamens 10. <b>Capsules</b> 1.5 cm, smooth, not winged. <b>Seeds</b> oblong, 10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Savannahs and grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees.
|elevation=30–60 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p>Although D. J. Rogers and S. G. Appan (1973) characterized leaf blades of <i>Manihot subspicata</i> as peltate, seldom are leaves unambiguously so. Typically, just the thickened margins of lateral lobes are confluent across the distal end of the petiole. Though relatively common in northern Mexico, <i>M. subspicata</i> is known in Texas only from the vicinity of Lake Corpus Christi (Jim Wells and Live Oak counties); whether native or introduced there is unresolved. In Mexico, <i>M. subspicata</i> appears to be tolerant of disturbance, frequently colonizing roadsides and similar habitats.</p>
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name=Manihot subspicata
|authority=D. J. Rogers & Appan in Organization for Flora Neotropica
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Savannahs and grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees.
|elevation=30–60 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Neotrop.
|publication year=1973
|special status=
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|genus=Manihot
|species=Manihot subspicata
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