''Adelia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
spurge family
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,
Euphorbiaceae
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,
subfamily Acalyphoideae
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.
It is native to
Latin America
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* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
and the
Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of
Texas
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.
[
The name is derived from the ]Greek
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Greece
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words α (''a''), meaning "not", and δήλος (''delos''), meaning "visible." It refers to the difficulties Linnaeus experienced interpreting the genus.
Species
;Current species include:[
# '' Adelia barbinervis'' Cham. & Schltdl. – hairynerve adelia - Mexico, N Central America
# '' Adelia brandegeei'' V.W.Steinm. - Baja California Sur, Sonora
# '' Adelia cinerea'' (Wiggins & Robbins) A.Cerv., V.W.Steinm. & Flores-Olvera - Sonora
# '' Adelia membranifolia'' ( Müll.Arg.) ]Chodat Robert Hippolyte Chodat (4 June 1865, Moutier – 28 April 1934) was a Swiss botanist and phycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva.
He studied medicine and botany at Geneva, where he wa ...
& Hassl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
# '' Adelia oaxacana'' (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – Oaxaca Adelia - most of Mexico from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa to Chiapas + Quintana Roo
# '' Adelia obovata'' Wiggins & Robbins - Sonora, Sinaloa
# '' Adelia panamensis'' Pax & K.Hoffm. - Panama
# '' Adelia ricinella'' L. – Wild Lime - West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia
# '' Adelia triloba'' (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – threelobe adelia - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
# '' Adelia vaseyi'' (Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffmann – Vasey's wild lime - Tamaulipas, S Texas (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, + Willacy Counties)
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;Formerly included species (including in Oleaceae
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homonym
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) moved to other genera, including: (''Alchornea
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, Bernardia, Doryxylon, Erythrococca, Flueggea, Forestiera
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Oleaceae
Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages ...
), '' Garciadelia, Homonoia, Lasiocroton, Macaranga
''Macaranga'' is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans ...
, Mallotus'', and '' Spathiostemon'' )
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Adelia'' species
Adelieae
Euphorbiaceae genera
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora of Central America
Flora of North America
Flora of South America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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