''Adriana'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of shrubs in the family

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

, first described as a genus in 1825.World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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. ;Species # '' Adriana quadripartita'' (Labill.) Mull.Arg. - South Australia, Victoria, southern Western Australia #'' Adriana tomentosa'' Gaudich.- All mainland states # '' Adriana urticoides'' (A.Cunn.) Guymer ex P.I.Forst. - Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania The genus name of ''Adriana'' is in honour of

Adrien-Henri de Jussieu Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (23 December 1797 – 29 June 1853) was a French botanist. Born in Paris as the son of botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1824 with a treatise of the plant family (biol ...

(1797–1853), a French botanist.

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Acalypheae Malpighiales of Australia Endemic flora of Australia Plants described in 1825 {{Euphorb-stub