''Adelia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the spurge

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Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

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Acalyphoideae. It is native to

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and the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

. The name is derived from the

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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. Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist. Life and work Von Schlechtendal was born in Xanten, Xanten am Rhein and when his father Diederich Fried ...

– 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 & 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 ''Adelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of Texas. The name is d ...

'' L. – Wild Lime - West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia # ''

Adelia triloba ''Adelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of Texas. The name is d ...

'' (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – threelobe adelia - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela # ''

Adelia vaseyi ''Adelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Euphorbia, spurge family (biology), family, Euphorbiaceae, Family (biology), subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into t ...

'' (Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffmann – Vasey's wild lime - Tamaulipas, S Texas (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, + Willacy Counties)Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Adelia vaseyi''
/ref> ;Formerly included species (including in

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family or sometimes the lilac 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. Gree ...

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) moved to other genera, including: (''

Alchornea ''Alchornea'' is a plant genus of the family (biology), family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, South Asia, Australia, Latin America, and various oceanic islands. Mo ...

, Bernardia, Doryxylon, Erythrococca, Flueggea, Forestiera'' (

), '' 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 Oc ...

, 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 Northern America Flora of Southern America Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Euphorb-stub