Flora of North America species comparison

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Adelia vaseyi

Vasey's wild lime
Habit Shrubs, 1–2(–3) m; bark gray to brown, branches usually ascending.
Leaves

petiole 0.2 cm;

blade pale green, spatulate to obovate, 2–3(–4) × 0.5–1 cm, base cuneate, apex usually rounded, rarely emarginate, surfaces glabrous; 3-veined at base, secondary veins 4–7 pairs.
Inflorescences

1–3-flowered.
Pedicels

staminate 2 mm, pistillate 3–5 mm in flower to 20 mm in fruit.
Staminate flowers

greenish white;

sepals lanceolate, acute, 2 mm, hairy;

stamens whitish;

filaments 1.5 mm;

pistillode 3-parted.
Pistillate flowers

yellowish green;

sepals reflexed at anthesis, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 2–-3 mm, puberulent;

ovary 1.5–2.5 mm diam.;

styles 2 mm.
Capsules

subglobose, 1–-1.3 cm diam., hairy.
Seeds

4–-5 mm.

Adelia vaseyi
Phenology Flowering Jan–Jun, fruiting Jun.
Habitat Subtropical semideciduous woodlands on loamy soils, occasionally shrublands on sandy to gravelly soils.
Elevation 10–100 m. (0–300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Subtropical semideciduous woodlands on loamy soils; occasionally shrublands on sandy to gravelly soils; Mexico (Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

In the flora area, Adelia vaseyi is restricted to the lower Rio Grande Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy counties), where much of its habitat has been destroyed.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 12, p. 181.
Parent taxa Euphorbiaceae > Adelia
Synonyms Euphorbia vaseyi
Name authority (J. M. Coulter) Pax & K. Hoffmann: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 63[IV,147]: 69. (1914)
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