Diocleae

Diocleae
Camptosema grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
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
See text
Synonyms[1]
Diocleinae (Benth. 1865) Lackey 1981 Diocleinae (Benth. 1865) Schrire et al. 2005 Diocleinae (Benth. 1865) Taub. 1894 Diocleae Benth. 1865 Galactieae (Benth. 1865) Hutch. 1964 Galactieae Benth. 1865

The tribe Diocleae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.

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
  • Canavalia Adans.
• 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.

References

External links

• Data related to Diocleae at Wikispecies

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