Adelia

For the genus of plants described by P.Browne, see Forestiera.

For other uses, see Adelia (disambiguation).

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
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

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