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 derived from the Greek 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 & 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)
Formerly included species (including in Oleaceae homonym) moved to other genera, including
(Alchornea, Bernardia, Doryxylon, Erythrococca, Flueggea, Forestiera (Oleaceae), Garciadelia, Homonoia, Lasiocroton, Macaranga, Mallotus, and Spathiostemon )
A. acidoton L. 1759 not Blanco 1837 - Flueggea acidoton
A. acidoton Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Doryxylon spinosum
A. acuminata - Forestiera acuminata
A. angustifolia - Forestiera angustifolia
A. anomala - Erythrococca anomala
A. barbata - Mallotus mollissimus
A. bernardia Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Mallotus mollissimus
A. bernardia L. 1759 not Blanco 1837- Bernardia dichotoma
A. caperoniifolia - Bernardia caperoniifolia
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