View source for Adelia ← Adelia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Adelia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Nat. ed. |place=10, 2: 1285, 1298. 1759 |year=1759 }} |common_names=Wild lime |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Adelia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Adelia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek a-, not, and delos, evident, alluding to small, obscure flowers |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 157, 159, 160 |treatment_page=page 181 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;branchlet fragility;branchlet architecture;branchlet reproduction;hair architecture"><b>Shrubs </b>[trees], unarmed or branchlets sometimes stiff and thorn-tipped, dioecious [monoecious], hairs unbranched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="latex presence">latex absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf architecture or arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>deciduous, fascicled on short-shoots [alternate], simple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule duration">stipules present, deciduous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence;gland presence">petiole present, glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade unlobed, margins entire [crenate], laminar glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="laminar gland presence;laminar gland architecture;base architecture or shape">venation palmate at base and pinnate distally [pinnate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence reproduction;inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>unisexual [bisexual], axillary, fascicles [racemes] or flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="subtending flower architecture;subtending flower size;subtending flower size">bracts subtending pistillate flowers minute, not enlarging in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="gland position;bract presence">glands subtending each bract 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal architecture;sepal atypical some measurement;sepal some measurement;sepal arrangement or dehiscence;sepal fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals [4–] 5, not petaloid, 2 [–5] mm, valvate, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;petal presence">petals 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary position;nectary shape;nectary fusion">nectary extrastaminal, annular [5 glands], adnate to calyx;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen atypical quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen fusion">stamens [6–-] 14–17 [–30], connate basally [distinct];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode present [absent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 5 (–6) [–7], distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;petal presence">petals 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;nectary shape">nectary annular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil architecture">pistil (2–) 3 (–4) –carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;style atypical quantity;style atypical quantity;style quantity;style fusion;style architecture or shape">styles (2–) 3 (–4), distinct [connate basally], deeply multifid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>subglobose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="caruncle presence">caruncle absent.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;tropical and subtropical regions |discussion=<p>Species 9 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Phylogenetic analyses of morphological and molecular data support Adelia as a monophyletic group sister to the Caribbean genera Lasiocroton Grisebach and Leucocroton Grisebach (De-Nova and V. Sosa 2007). Three principal lineages were recognized in Adelia: the first includes only A. cinerea (Wiggins & Rollins) A. Cervantes, V. W. Steinmann & Flores Olvera, a species endemic to Mexico; the second includes four Mexican species (including A. vaseyi); and the third comprises the remaining four species from the West Indies, Central America, and South America.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=de-nova2007a |text=De-Nova, J. A. and V. Sosa. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in Adelia (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) inferred from nuclear, chloroplast, and morphological data. Taxon 56: 1027–-1036. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=de-nova2007b |text=De-Nova, J. A., V. Sosa, and V. W. Steinmann. 2007. A synopsis of Adelia (Euphorbiaceae s.s.). Syst. Bot. 32: 583–595. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Adelia |author=J. Arturo De-Nova |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;tropical and subtropical regions |reference=de-nova2007a;de-nova2007b |publication title=Syst. Nat. ed. |publication year=1759 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_801.xml |genus=Adelia |base architecture or shape=pinnate |blade shape=unlobed |bract presence=absent |branchlet architecture=thorn-tipped |branchlet fragility=stiff |branchlet reproduction=dioecious |caruncle presence=absent |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |gland position=subtending |gland presence=absent |hair architecture=unbranched |inflorescence arrangement=fascicles |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence reproduction=unisexual |laminar gland architecture=palmate |laminar gland presence=absent |latex presence=absent |leaf architecture=simple |leaf architecture or arrangement=fascicled |leaf duration=deciduous |margin architecture or shape=entire |nectary fusion=adnate |nectary position=extrastaminal |nectary shape=annular;annular |pedicel presence=absent |petal presence=absent;absent |petiole presence=absent |pistil architecture=(2-)3(-4)-carpellate |pistillode presence=absent |seed shape=subglobose |sepal architecture=not petaloid |sepal arrangement or dehiscence=valvate |sepal atypical quantity=5;6 |sepal atypical some measurement=2mm;5mm |sepal fusion=distinct;distinct |sepal quantity=5;5 |sepal some measurement=2 |stamen atypical quantity=17;30 |stamen fusion=connate |stamen quantity=14;17 |stipule duration=deciduous |stipule presence=absent |style architecture or shape=multifid |style atypical quantity=3;4 |style fusion=distinct |style quantity=3 |subtending flower architecture=pistillate |subtending flower size=not enlarging;minute |whole_organism architecture=unarmed |whole_organism growth form=shrub }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Adelia.