Adriana (plant)

Adriana is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1825.^[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.^[4]

Species^[5]

1. Adriana quadripartita (Labill.) Mull.Arg. - South Australia, Victoria, southern Western Australia
2. Adriana tomentosa Gaudich.- All mainland states
3. Adriana urticoides (A.Cunn.) Guymer ex P.I.Forst. - Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania

Adriana
Adriana tomentosa (female flowers)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Acalypheae
Subtribe:	Adrianinae
Genus:	Adriana Gaudich.
Type species
Adriana tomentosa Gaudich.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Meialisa Raf. Trachycaryon Klotzsch

The genus name of Adriana is in honour of Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853), a French botanist.^[6]