Adriana is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1825.World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles. 1825. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 5: 223 in Latin The entire genus is endemic to Australia.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Species Adriana quadripartita (Labill.) Mull.Arg. – South Australia, Victoria, southern Western Australia Adriana tomentosa Gaudich. – All mainland states Adriana urticoides (A.Cunn.) Guymer ex P.I.Forst. – Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania
The genus name of Adriana is in honour of Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853), a French botanist.
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