# Adelia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{For|the genus of plants described by P.Browne|Forestiera}}
{{other uses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Mexican bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) ovipositing.jpg
| image_caption = ''[A. vaseyi](/source/Adelia_vaseyi)'' with ovipositing ''[Myscelia ethusa](/source/Myscelia_ethusa)''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Adelia
| authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 ([Oleaceae](/source/Oleaceae))
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?168 |title=Genus: ''Adelia'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-10-12 |access-date=2010-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084855/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?168 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=o>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=2924 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
| synonyms = ''Ricinella'' <small>[Müll.Arg.](/source/Johannes_M%C3%BCller_Argoviensis)</small>
}}

'''''Adelia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the [spurge](/source/Euphorbia) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)), [Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae), [subfamily](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Acalyphoideae](/source/Acalyphoideae).<ref name="GRIN"/> It is native to [Latin America](/source/Latin_America) and the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean), with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of [Texas](/source/Texas).<ref name=o/><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = De-Nova | first1 = J.A. | last2 = Sosa | first2 = V. | last3 = Steinmann | first3 = V.W. | year = 2007 | title = A synopsis of ''Adelia'' (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) | doi = 10.1600/036364407782250535 | journal = Systematic Botany | volume = 32 | issue = 3 | pages = 583–595 | s2cid = 85790156 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Martínez Gordillo | first1 = M. | last2 = Ramírez | first2 = J. J. | last3 = Durán | first3 = R. C. | last4 = Arriaga | first4 = E. J. | last5 = García | first5 = R. | last6 = Cervantes | first6 = A. | last7 = Hernández | first7 = R. M. | year = 2002 | title = Los géneros de la familia Euphorbiaceae en México | journal = Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Botánica | volume = 73 | issue = 2| pages = 155–281 }}</ref><ref>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,.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>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</ref>

The name is derived from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) words <big>α</big> (''a''), meaning "not", and <big>δήλος</big> (''delos''), meaning "visible." It refers to the difficulties Linnaeus experienced interpreting the genus.<ref name="Jestrow">{{cite thesis |chapter-url=http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/315 |title=Phylogenetics, Conservation, and Historical Biogeography of the West Indian Members of the Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) |first=Brett |last=Jestrow |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Florida International University |year=2010 |chapter=Introduction |access-date=2011-08-08}}</ref>

==Species==
;Current species include:<ref name=o/>
# ''[Adelia barbinervis](/source/Adelia_barbinervis)'' <small>[Cham.](/source/Adelbert_von_Chamisso) & [Schltdl.](/source/Diederich_Franz_Leonhard_von_Schlechtendal)</small> &ndash; hairynerve adelia - Mexico, N Central America
# ''[Adelia brandegeei](/source/Adelia_brandegeei)'' <small>V.W.Steinm.</small> - Baja California Sur, Sonora
# ''[Adelia cinerea](/source/Adelia_cinerea)'' <small>(Wiggins & Robbins) A.Cerv., V.W.Steinm. & Flores-Olvera</small> - Sonora
# ''[Adelia membranifolia](/source/Adelia_membranifolia)'' <small>([Müll.Arg.](/source/Johannes_M%C3%BCller_Argoviensis)) [Chodat](/source/Robert_Hippolyte_Chodat) & Hassl.</small> - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
# ''[Adelia oaxacana](/source/Adelia_oaxacana)'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) [Hemsl.](/source/William_Hemsley_(botanist))</small> &ndash; Oaxaca Adelia - most of Mexico from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa to Chiapas + Quintana Roo
# ''[Adelia obovata](/source/Adelia_obovata)'' <small>Wiggins & Robbins</small> - Sonora, Sinaloa
# ''[Adelia panamensis](/source/Adelia_panamensis)'' <small>Pax & K.Hoffm.</small> - Panama
# ''[Adelia ricinella](/source/Adelia_ricinella)'' <small>[L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)</small> &ndash; Wild Lime - West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia
# ''[Adelia triloba](/source/Adelia_triloba)'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Hemsl.</small> &ndash; threelobe adelia - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
# ''[Adelia vaseyi](/source/Adelia_vaseyi)'' <small>(Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffmann</small> &ndash; Vasey's wild lime - Tamaulipas, S Texas (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, + Willacy Counties)<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=28199|taxon=''Adelia''|accessdate=2010-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://148.226.12.104/bitstream/123456789/3823/2/24834.pdf |first=Jose Arturo |last=De-Nova |author2=Victoria Sosa |author3=Kenneth J. Wurdack |title=Phylogenetic Relationships and the Description of a New Species of ''Enriquebeltrania'' (Euphorbiaceae s.s.): An Enigmatic Genus Endemic to Mexico |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=31 |issue=3 |year=2006 |pages=77–111 |jstor=25064183 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810141901/http://148.226.12.104/bitstream/123456789/3823/2/24834.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-10 |doi=10.1600/036364406778388719}}</ref><ref name="Elsevier">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC |title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages |first=Miroslav M. |last=Grandtner |volume=1 |publisher=Elsevier |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-444-51784-5 |page=28}}</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Adelia%20vaseyi.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, ''Adelia vaseyi'']</ref>

;Formerly included species (including in [Oleaceae](/source/Oleaceae) [homonym](/source/homonym)) moved to other genera, including: (''[Alchornea](/source/Alchornea), [Bernardia](/source/Bernardia), [Doryxylon](/source/Doryxylon), [Erythrococca](/source/Erythrococca), [Flueggea](/source/Flueggea), [Forestiera](/source/Forestiera)'' ([Oleaceae](/source/Oleaceae)), ''[Garciadelia](/source/Garciadelia), [Homonoia](/source/Homonoia), [Lasiocroton](/source/Lasiocroton), [Macaranga](/source/Macaranga), [Mallotus](/source/Mallotus_(plant))'', and ''[Spathiostemon](/source/Spathiostemon)'' )
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# ''A. acidoton ''<small>L. 1759 not  Blanco 1837</small>'' - [Flueggea acidoton](/source/Flueggea_acidoton)'' 
# ''A. acidoton'' <small>Blanco 1837 not L. 1759</small> - [Doryxylon spinosum](/source/Doryxylon_spinosum)
# ''A. acuminata - [Forestiera acuminata](/source/Forestiera_acuminata)''
# ''A. angustifolia - [Forestiera angustifolia](/source/Forestiera_angustifolia)'' 
# ''A. anomala - [Erythrococca anomala](/source/Erythrococca_anomala)''
# ''A. barbata - [Mallotus mollissimus](/source/Mallotus_mollissimus)'' 
# ''A. bernardia'' Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - ''[Mallotus mollissimus](/source/Mallotus_mollissimus)'' 
# ''A. bernardia'' L. 1759 not Blanco 1837- ''[Bernardia dichotoma](/source/Bernardia_dichotoma)''
# ''A. caperoniifolia - [Bernardia caperoniifolia](/source/Bernardia_caperoniifolia)''
# ''A. cassinoides - [Forestiera segregata](/source/Forestiera_segregata)'' 
# ''A. castanocarpa - [Chaetocarpus castanocarpus](/source/Chaetocarpus_castanocarpus)''
# ''A. celastrinea - [Bernardia celastrinea](/source/Bernardia_celastrinea)'' 
# ''A. cordifolia - [Macaranga cordifolia](/source/Macaranga_cordifolia)'' 
# ''A. cuneata - [Homonoia retusa](/source/Homonoia_retusa)''
# ''A. dodecandra - [Bernardia dodecandra](/source/Bernardia_dodecandra)'' 
# ''A. ferruginea - [Garciadelia leprosa](/source/Garciadelia_leprosa)'' 
# ''A. glandulosa - [Alchornea rugosa](/source/Alchornea_rugosa)'' 
# ''A. globularis - [Forestiera segregata](/source/Forestiera_segregata)''
# ''A. gracilis - [Flueggea acidoton](/source/Flueggea_acidoton)''
# ''A. hirsutissima - [Bernardia hirsutissima](/source/Bernardia_hirsutissima)'' 
# ''A. houlletiana - [Bernardia axillaris](/source/Bernardia_axillaris) subsp. houlletiana'' 
# ''A. javanica - [Spathiostemon javensis](/source/Spathiostemon_javensis)'' 
# ''A. leprosa - [Garciadelia leprosa](/source/Garciadelia_leprosa)'' 
# ''A. ligustrina - [Forestiera ligustrina](/source/Forestiera_ligustrina)'' 
# ''A. martii - [Bernardia axillaris](/source/Bernardia_axillaris)''
# ''A. microphylla - [Lasiocroton microphyllus](/source/Lasiocroton_microphyllus)'' 
# ''A. monoica - [Melanolepis multiglandulosa](/source/Melanolepis_multiglandulosa)''
# ''A. neomexicana - [Forestiera pubescens](/source/Forestiera_pubescens) var. parvifolia'' 
# ''A. neriifolia - [Homonoia riparia](/source/Homonoia_riparia)''
# ''A. ovata - [Forestiera acuminata](/source/Forestiera_acuminata)''
# ''A. papillaris - [Mallotus tiliifolius](/source/Mallotus_tiliifolius)'' 
# ''A. parvifolia - [Forestiera pubescens](/source/Forestiera_pubescens)'' 
# ''A. phillyreoides - [Forestiera phillyreoides](/source/Forestiera_phillyreoides)'' 
# ''A. pinetorum - [Forestiera segregata](/source/Forestiera_segregata) var. pinetorum''
# ''A. porulosa - [Forestiera segregata](/source/Forestiera_segregata)''
# ''A. pubescens - [Forestiera pubescens](/source/Forestiera_pubescens)'' 
# ''A. pulchella - [Bernardia pulchella](/source/Bernardia_pulchella)'' 
# ''A. resinosa - [Mallotus resinosus](/source/Mallotus_resinosus)''
# ''A. reticulata - [Forestiera reticulata](/source/Forestiera_reticulata)''
# ''A. retusa - [Homonoia retusa](/source/Homonoia_retusa)''
# ''A. rhamnifolia - [Forestiera rhamnifolia](/source/Forestiera_rhamnifolia)''
# ''A. rotundifolia - [Forestiera rotundifolia](/source/Forestiera_rotundifolia)'' 
# ''A. scabrida - [Bernardia axillaris](/source/Bernardia_axillaris) subsp. scabrida'' 
# ''A. segregata - [Forestiera segregata](/source/Forestiera_segregata)'' 
# ''A. spartioides - [Bernardia spartioides](/source/Bernardia_spartioides)''
# ''A. sphaerocarpa - [Forestiera pubescens](/source/Forestiera_pubescens) var. parvifolia''
# ''A. tamanduana - [Bernardia tamanduana](/source/Bernardia_tamanduana)''
# ''A. tenuifolia - [Bernardia tenuifolia](/source/Bernardia_tenuifolia)''
# ''A. virgata'' <small>Poir. 1810 not Brandegee 1894</small> - ''[Flueggea tinctoria](/source/Flueggea_tinctoria)''}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikispecies}}
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*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ADELI USDA Plants Profile for ''Adelia'' species]

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Category:Adelieae
Category:Euphorbiaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Caribbean
Category:Flora of Central America
Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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