Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families Author Simão, Inês F. 0000-0001-6548-8535 Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal ines.simao@ua.pt Author Silveira, Paulo C. 0000-0002-9253-5381 Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal & CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810 - 193 Aveiro, Portugal psilveira@ua.pt Author Wajer, Jacek 0000-0002-2329-9186 Science Department, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK j.wajer@nhm.ac.uk Author Schuiteman, André 0000-0001-6701-8158 Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AB, United Kingdom a.schuiteman@kew.org Author Welzen, Peter Van 0000-0002-5072-431X Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, University of Leiden, P. O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands peter.vanwelzen@naturalis.nl text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-07-30 661 2 123 149 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1 journal article 302885 10.11646/phytotaxa.661.2.1 127a2942-f037-4a3c-b174-03c25f7b9933 1179-3163 13218376 Manihot esculenta Crantz (1766: 167) Ecology: cultivated or found in waste places of mainly abandoned gardens and along roads, probably not escaped; locally common. Soil: clay, limestone, red loam, peaty soil, usually well-drained; elevation: sea level up to 1700 m ( van Welzen et al . 1997 ). Distribution: Probably originally cultivated in NE Brazil , nowadays only known from cultivation and found throughout SE Asia and Malesia ( van Welzen et al . 1997 ). Specimens examined: Timor — Unknown s.n. (P [P00230023]). Red List Assessment: Not Assessed.