Diocleae
Tribe of legumes
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The tribe Diocleae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.
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| Diocleae | |
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| Camptosema grandiflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Meso-Papilionoideae |
| Clade: | Non-protein amino acid-accumulating clade |
| Clade: | Millettioids |
| Tribe: | Diocleae (Benth. 1865) Hutch. 1964[1] |
| Genera | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Diocleae can be distinguished from other members of Fabaceae by
[A] combination of features involving the woody vine or shrub habit, stipellate trifoliolate leaves, nodose pseudoraceme inflorescence, flowers with a distinct hypanthium, and calyx with lanceolate lobes, the lower lobe longer than the remaining (except in the specialized resupinate flowers of Canavalia).[1]
Genera
Diocleae contains the following genera:[1]
- Canavalia Clade
- Dioclea Clade
- Cleobulia Mart. ex Benth.
- Cymbosema Benth.
- Dioclea Kunth
- Macropsychanthus Harms ex K. Schum. & Lauterb.
- Galactia Clade
- Bionia Mart.[2][3]
- Camptosema Hook. & Arn.
- Collaea DC.
- Cratylia Mart. ex Benth.
- Galactia P. Browne
- Lackeya Fortunato et al.
- Neorudolphia Britton
- Rhodopis Urb.
