''Adelia'' is a
genus
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of flowering plants in the Euphorbia, spurge family (biology), family, Euphorbiaceae, Family (biology), subfamily Acalyphoideae.
It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of Texas.
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The name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words α (''a''), meaning "not", and δήλος (''delos''), meaning "visible." It refers to the difficulties Linnaeus experienced interpreting the genus.]
Species
;Current species include:[
# ''Adelia barbinervis'' Adelbert von Chamisso, Cham. & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Schltdl. – hairynerve adelia - Mexico, N Central America
# ''Adelia brandegeei'' V.W.Steinm. - Baja California Sur, Sonora
# ''Adelia cinerea'' (Wiggins & Robbins) A.Cerv., V.W.Steinm. & Flores-Olvera - Sonora
# ''Adelia membranifolia'' (Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Müll.Arg.) Robert Hippolyte Chodat, Chodat & Hassl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
# ''Adelia oaxacana'' (Müll.Arg.) William Hemsley (botanist), Hemsl. – Oaxaca Adelia - most of Mexico from San Luis Potosí + Sinaloa to Chiapas + Quintana Roo
# ''Adelia obovata'' Wiggins & Robbins - Sonora, Sinaloa
# ''Adelia panamensis'' Pax & K.Hoffm. - Panama
# ''Adelia ricinella'' Carl Linnaeus, L. – Wild Lime - West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia
# ''Adelia triloba'' (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – threelobe adelia - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
# ''Adelia vaseyi'' (Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffmann – Vasey's wild lime - Tamaulipas, S Texas (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, + Willacy Counties)]
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;Formerly included species (including in Oleaceae homonym) moved to other genera, including: (''Alchornea, Bernardia, Doryxylon, Erythrococca, Flueggea, Forestiera'' (Oleaceae), ''Garciadelia, Homonoia, Lasiocroton, Macaranga, Mallotus (plant), Mallotus'', and ''Spathiostemon'' )
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Adelia'' species
Adelieae
Euphorbiaceae genera
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora of Central America
Flora of North America
Flora of South America
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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