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

Diocleae
Camptosema grandiflora
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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

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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 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

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Diocleae contains the following genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. Bibcode:2015MolPE..90....1D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
  2. ^ de Queiroz LP. (2008). "Re-establishment, synopsis and new combinations in the genus Bionia Mart. ex Benth. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)". Neodiversity. 3: 13–18. doi:10.13102/neod.31.3.
  3. ^ Fernandes JM, FPinto Garcia FC (2014). "Expanding the description of Bionia bella Mart. ex Benth. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)". Acta Botanica Brasilica. 28 (2): 141–146. doi:10.1590/S0102-33062014000200001.
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