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]

Adelia
A. vaseyi with ovipositing Myscelia ethusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Adelieae
Genus: Adelia
L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 (Oleaceae)
Synonyms[1][2]

Ricinella Müll.Arg.

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 edit

Current species include
[2]
  1. Adelia barbinervis Cham. & Schltdl. – hairynerve adelia - Mexico, N Central America
  2. Adelia brandegeei V.W.Steinm. - Baja California Sur, Sonora
  3. Adelia cinerea (Wiggins & Robbins) A.Cerv., V.W.Steinm. & Flores-Olvera - Sonora
  4. Adelia membranifolia (Müll.Arg.) Chodat & Hassl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
  5. Adelia oaxacana (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – Oaxaca Adelia - most of Mexico from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa to Chiapas + Quintana Roo
  6. Adelia obovata Wiggins & Robbins - Sonora, Sinaloa
  7. Adelia panamensis Pax & K.Hoffm. - Panama
  8. Adelia ricinella L. – Wild Lime - West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia
  9. Adelia triloba (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – threelobe adelia - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
  10. 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 )
  1. A. acidoton L. 1759 not Blanco 1837 - Flueggea acidoton
  2. A. acidoton Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Doryxylon spinosum
  3. A. acuminata - Forestiera acuminata
  4. A. angustifolia - Forestiera angustifolia
  5. A. anomala - Erythrococca anomala
  6. A. barbata - Mallotus mollissimus
  7. A. bernardia Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Mallotus mollissimus
  8. A. bernardia L. 1759 not Blanco 1837- Bernardia dichotoma
  9. A. caperoniifolia - Bernardia caperoniifolia
  10. A. cassinoides - Forestiera segregata
  11. A. castanocarpa - Chaetocarpus castanocarpus
  12. A. celastrinea - Bernardia celastrinea
  13. A. cordifolia - Macaranga cordifolia
  14. A. cuneata - Homonoia retusa
  15. A. dodecandra - Bernardia dodecandra
  16. A. ferruginea - Garciadelia leprosa
  17. A. glandulosa - Alchornea rugosa
  18. A. globularis - Forestiera segregata
  19. A. gracilis - Flueggea acidoton
  20. A. hirsutissima - Bernardia hirsutissima
  21. A. houlletiana - Bernardia axillaris subsp. houlletiana
  22. A. javanica - Spathiostemon javensis
  23. A. leprosa - Garciadelia leprosa
  24. A. ligustrina - Forestiera ligustrina
  25. A. martii - Bernardia axillaris
  26. A. microphylla - Lasiocroton microphyllus
  27. A. monoica - Melanolepis multiglandulosa
  28. A. neomexicana - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia
  29. A. neriifolia - Homonoia riparia
  30. A. ovata - Forestiera acuminata
  31. A. papillaris - Mallotus tiliifolius
  32. A. parvifolia - Forestiera pubescens
  33. A. phillyreoides - Forestiera phillyreoides
  34. A. pinetorum - Forestiera segregata var. pinetorum
  35. A. porulosa - Forestiera segregata
  36. A. pubescens - Forestiera pubescens
  37. A. pulchella - Bernardia pulchella
  38. A. resinosa - Mallotus resinosus
  39. A. reticulata - Forestiera reticulata
  40. A. retusa - Homonoia retusa
  41. A. rhamnifolia - Forestiera rhamnifolia
  42. A. rotundifolia - Forestiera rotundifolia
  43. A. scabrida - Bernardia axillaris subsp. scabrida
  44. A. segregata - Forestiera segregata
  45. A. spartioides - Bernardia spartioides
  46. A. sphaerocarpa - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia
  47. A. tamanduana - Bernardia tamanduana
  48. A. tenuifolia - Bernardia tenuifolia
  49. A. virgata Poir. 1810 not Brandegee 1894 - Flueggea tinctoria

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Adelia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-12. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ De-Nova, J.A.; Sosa, V.; Steinmann, V.W. (2007). "A synopsis of Adelia (Euphorbiaceae s.s.)". Systematic Botany. 32 (3): 583–595. doi:10.1600/036364407782250535. S2CID 85790156.
  4. ^ Martínez Gordillo, M.; Ramírez, J. J.; Durán, R. C.; Arriaga, E. J.; García, R.; Cervantes, A.; Hernández, R. M. (2002). "Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México". Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica. 73 (2): 155–281.
  5. ^ Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i–xlii,.
  6. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  7. ^ González Ramírez, J. 2010. Euphorbiaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 5. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 290–394
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Adelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. Vol. 1. Elsevier. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5.
  12. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Adelia vaseyi

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