Adelphia (plant)

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.

Adelphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Adelphia
W. R. Anderson
Species
  • 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
    • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
    • Adelphia
    • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.
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