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Adelia is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies, 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- Adelia barbinervis Cham. & 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 ( Müll.Arg.) Chodat & Hassl. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
- Adelia oaxacana (Müll.Arg.) 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 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)
moved to other genera ( Alchornea, Bernardia, Doryxylon, Erythrococca, Flueggea, Forestiera ( Oleaceae), Garciadelia, Homonoia, Lasiocroton, Macaranga, Mallotus, Spathiostemon )
Adelia, o La figlia dell'arciere (Adelia, or The Archer's Daughter) is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written partly by Felice Romani (Acts 1 and 2) and by Girolamo Maria Marini (Act 3), a part-time poet who had achieved notability the previous year with Otto Nicolai's Il templario. The opera premiered at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 11 February 1841.
Adelia or Adélia may refer to:
Botany:
- Adelia, genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, subfamily Acalyphoideae
Given name:
- Adelia Aguilar, fictional medieval pathologist in books written by Diana Norman under the pen name Ariana Franklin
- Adelia Sarah Gates (1825–1912), American illustrator of botanical specimens
- Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod, the first woman Diocesan Bishop in the Episcopal Church
- Adélia Prado (born 1935), Brazilian writer and poet
- Mary Lua Adelia Davis Treat (1830–1923), naturalist and correspondent with Charles Darwin
Arts:
- Adelia (opera), an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti
Geography:
- Santa Adélia, municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
- Adelia Land, claimed territory in the continent of Antarctica
Usage examples of "adelia".
Grandmother Adelia reclines on a chaise, a heavy-lidded, handsome woman, in many draperies and a long double string of pearls and a plunging, lace-bordered neckline, her white forearms boneless as rolled chicken.
Did Grandfather Benjamin breathe a sigh of relief when Adelia was gone?
Grandfather Benjamin doted on his sons, and wanted them to learn the button business, but Adelia had loftier aims.
Grandmother Adelia would never have allowed the marriage, or so I decided later.
The right-hand one, commissioned by my Grandmother Adelia, is of Colonel Parkman, a veteran of the last decisive battle fought in the American Revolution, that of Fort Ticonderoga, now in New York State.
Grandmother Adelia was different, and far enough removed in time so that I could idealize her.
The Montfort women of Montreal had been celebrated for their style, she said, but of course Adelia Montfort had died before I was born.
Valiant fortune, some eighteen million and growing due to good investments directed by Arthur Tetrick, should have ensured that Adelia and Charles Valiant need never labor for their bread and butter.
Mim, you and I have both seen impulsive scions run through more money than Adelia will inherit.
You want me to tell Adelia to be a bit more aggressive with her investments but not to get crazy and, of course, never, ever, on pain of death, to touch the principal.
So Adelia was sent away to school, Charles graduated from Cornell and worked in Maryland for a while.
Harry dutifully asked Mim, then Charles, then Adelia, and even Fair if they needed her assistance.
But Adelia, I have come to the mournful conclusion that I can do nothing to help you.
After the races we can ask Adelia to remove the medal so you all can have a closer look, and she can tell us where she got it.
Elder Adelia undid my face plate and yanked my environment suit off so hard I was afraid it would tear.