Adelphia (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Adelphia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Adelphia"
genus_authority = W. R. Anderson
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Adelphia hiraea" (Gaertn.) W. R. Anderson
*"Adelphia macrophylla" (Rusby) W. R. Anderson
*"Adelphia mirabilis" (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson
*"Adelphia platyrachis" (Tr. & Pl.) W. R. Anderson

"Adelphia" is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Adelphia" comprises four species of woody vines native to the West Indies, Mesoamerica, and western South America.

External links and reference

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/HirClade/Adelphia/Ade1.html Adelphia]
*Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus "Mascagnia" (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.