Adelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Adelieae
Genus: Adelia
Species: A. barbinervis – A. brandegeei – A. cinerea – A. membranifolia – A. oaxacana – A. obovata – A. panamensis – A. ricinella – A. triloba – A. vaseyi
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 06. Reference page.

Name

Adelia L., 1759, nom. cons.

Type species: Adelia ricinella L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ricinella Müll.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 153. 1865.

Homonyms

Adelia P.Br. (1756), nom. rej. = Forestiera Poir.

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1285, 1298.

Additional references

De-Nova, J.A., Sosa, V. & Steinmann, V.W. 2007. A Synopsis of Adelia (Euphorbiaceae s.s.). Systematic Botany 32(3): 583–595.

Links

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996-. Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Dec 27 [1].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adelia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Adelia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 06 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Adelia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 06. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Adelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 06.

Vernacular names
English: Wild Lime

Adelia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae.[1] It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of Texas.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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.[8]
Species

Current species include
[2]

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)[9][10][11][12]

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
A. cassinoides - Forestiera segregata
A. castanocarpa - Chaetocarpus castanocarpus
A. celastrinea - Bernardia celastrinea
A. cordifolia - Macaranga cordifolia
A. cuneata - Homonoia retusa
A. dodecandra - Bernardia dodecandra
A. ferruginea - Garciadelia leprosa
A. glandulosa - Alchornea rugosa
A. globularis - Forestiera segregata
A. gracilis - Flueggea acidoton
A. hirsutissima - Bernardia hirsutissima
A. houlletiana - Bernardia axillaris subsp. houlletiana
A. javanica - Spathiostemon javensis
A. leprosa - Garciadelia leprosa
A. ligustrina - Forestiera ligustrina
A. martii - Bernardia axillaris
A. microphylla - Lasiocroton microphyllus
A. monoica - Melanolepis multiglandulosa
A. neomexicana - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia
A. neriifolia - Homonoia riparia
A. ovata - Forestiera acuminata
A. papillaris - Mallotus tiliifolius
A. parvifolia - Forestiera pubescens
A. phillyreoides - Forestiera phillyreoides
A. pinetorum - Forestiera segregata var. pinetorum
A. porulosa - Forestiera segregata
A. pubescens - Forestiera pubescens
A. pulchella - Bernardia pulchella
A. resinosa - Mallotus resinosus
A. reticulata - Forestiera reticulata
A. retusa - Homonoia retusa
A. rhamnifolia - Forestiera rhamnifolia
A. rotundifolia - Forestiera rotundifolia
A. scabrida - Bernardia axillaris subsp. scabrida
A. segregata - Forestiera segregata
A. spartioides - Bernardia spartioides
A. sphaerocarpa - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia
A. tamanduana - Bernardia tamanduana
A. tenuifolia - Bernardia tenuifolia
A. virgata Poir. 1810 not Brandegee 1894 - Flueggea tinctoria

References

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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Jestrow, Brett (2010). "Introduction". Phylogenetics, Conservation, and Historical Biogeography of the West Indian Members of the Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) (Ph.D. thesis). Florida International University. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
"Adelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
De-Nova, Jose Arturo; Victoria Sosa; Kenneth J. Wurdack (2006). "Phylogenetic Relationships and the Description of a New Species of Enriquebeltrania (Euphorbiaceae s.s.): An Enigmatic Genus Endemic to Mexico" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 31 (3): 77–111. doi:10.1600/036364406778388719. JSTOR 25064183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-10.
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Adelia vaseyi