Adelia
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| Adelia | |
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| A. vaseyi with ovipositing Myscelia ethusa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Adelieae |
| Genus: | Adelia L. |
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Adelia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae.[1] 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.[2]
[edit] Selected species
- Adelia barbinervis Cham. & Schltdl. – Hairynerve Adelia
- Adelia bernardia
- Adelia brandegeei V.W.Steinm.
- Adelia cinerea (Wiggins & Robbins) A.Cerv., V.W.Steinm. & Flores-Olvera
- Adelia membranifolia (Müll.Arg.) Chodat & Hassl.
- Adelia oaxacana (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – Oaxaca Adelia
- Adelia obovata Wiggins & Robbins
- Adelia resinosa
- Adelia ricinella L. – Wild Lime
- Adelia triloba (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl. – Threelobe Adelia
- Adelia vaseyi (Coult.) Pax & K.Hoffmann – Vasey's Wild Lime[3][4][5]
[edit] References
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- ^ a b "Genus: Adelia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-12. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?168. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ Jestrow, Brett (2010). "Introduction". Phylogenetics, Conservation, and Historical Biogeography of the West Indian Members of the Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) (Ph.D. thesis). Florida International University. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/315. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ "Adelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28199. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ De-Nova, Jose Arturo; Victoria Sosa, Kenneth J. Wurdack (2006). "Phylogenetic Relationships and the Description of a New Species of Enriquebeltrania (Euphorbiaceae s.s.): An Enigmatic Genus Endemic to Mexico". Systematic Botany 31 (3): 77–111. http://148.226.12.104/bitstream/123456789/3823/2/24834.pdf.
- ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. 1. Elsevier. p. 28. ISBN 9780444517845. http://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC.
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