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The new combinationAdelia cinerea (basionym:Bernardia cinerea) is made. Notes on its distribution and ecology are provided, as well as a full morphological description. A discussion on the morphological and palynological distinctions betweenAdelia andBernardia, and reasons for the transfer, are presented. The placement of this species inAdelia implies a tribal change (from Bernardieae to Adelieae) within subfamily Acalyphoideae. It brings the number of Mexican species ofAdelia to six.
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Se propone la combinación nuevaAdelia cinerea (basónimo:Bernardia cinerea), proporcionándose la descripción morfológica completa del taxon, así como notas sobre la distribución y ecología. Se discuten las diferencias morfológicas y palinológicas entreAdelia yBernardia que justifican la transferencia. La ubicación de esta especie enAdelia implica un cambio de tribu, de Bernardieae a Adelieae, en la subfamilia Acalyphoideae. El número de especies mexicanas deAdelia se eleva a seis.
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Cervantes, A., Steinmann, V.W. & Olvera, H.F. Adelia cinerea (Euphorbiaceae), formerly in Bernardia. Brittonia 55, 4–9 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2003)055[0004:ACEFIB]2.0.CO;2
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