Adelia

Adelia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the Caribbean, with one species extending northward into the southernmost part of Texas.

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.

Species

 * Current species include:
 * 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)

• # A. acidoton L. 1759 not Blanco 1837  - Flueggea acidoton
 * 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 )

• # A. acidoton Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Doryxylon spinosum

• # A. acuminata - Forestiera acuminata

• # A. angustifolia - Forestiera angustifolia

• # A. anomala - Erythrococca anomala

• # A. barbata - Mallotus mollissimus

• # A. bernardia Blanco 1837 not L. 1759 - Mallotus mollissimus

• # A. bernardia L. 1759 not Blanco 1837- Bernardia dichotoma

• # A. caperoniifolia - Bernardia caperoniifolia

• # A. cassinoides - Forestiera segregata

• # A. castanocarpa - Chaetocarpus castanocarpus

• # A. celastrinea - Bernardia celastrinea

• # A. cordifolia - Macaranga cordifolia

• # A. cuneata - Homonoia retusa

• # A. dodecandra - Bernardia dodecandra

• # A. ferruginea - Garciadelia leprosa

• # A. glandulosa - Alchornea rugosa

• # A. globularis - Forestiera segregata

• # A. gracilis - Flueggea acidoton

• # A. hirsutissima - Bernardia hirsutissima

• # A. houlletiana - Bernardia axillaris subsp. houlletiana

• # A. javanica - Spathiostemon javensis

• # A. leprosa - Garciadelia leprosa

• # A. ligustrina - Forestiera ligustrina

• # A. martii - Bernardia axillaris

• # A. microphylla - Lasiocroton microphyllus

• # A. monoica - Melanolepis multiglandulosa

• # A. neomexicana - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia

• # A. neriifolia - Homonoia riparia

• # A. ovata - Forestiera acuminata

• # A. papillaris - Mallotus tiliifolius

• # A. parvifolia - Forestiera pubescens

• # A. phillyreoides - Forestiera phillyreoides

• # A. pinetorum - Forestiera segregata var. pinetorum

• # A. porulosa - Forestiera segregata

• # A. pubescens - Forestiera pubescens

• # A. pulchella - Bernardia pulchella

• # A. resinosa - Mallotus resinosus

• # A. reticulata - Forestiera reticulata

• # A. retusa - Homonoia retusa

• # A. rhamnifolia - Forestiera rhamnifolia

• # A. rotundifolia - Forestiera rotundifolia

• # A. scabrida - Bernardia axillaris subsp. scabrida

• # A. segregata - Forestiera segregata

• # A. spartioides - Bernardia spartioides

• # A. sphaerocarpa - Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia

• # A. tamanduana - Bernardia tamanduana

• # A. tenuifolia - Bernardia tenuifolia

• # A. virgata Poir. 1810 not Brandegee 1894 - Flueggea tinctoria