Diocleae Explained

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).

Genera

Diocleae contains the following genera:

• Canavalia Clade
  • Canavalia Adans.
• Dioclea Clade
  • Cleobulia Mart. ex Benth.
  • Cymbosema Benth.
  • Dioclea Kunth
  • Macropsychanthus Harms ex K. Schum. & Lauterb.
• Galactia Clade
  • Bionia Mart.^{[1] [2]}
  • Camptosema Hook. & Arn.
  • Collaea DC.
  • Cratylia Mart. ex Benth.
  • Galactia P. Browne
  • Lackeya Fortunato et al.
  • Neorudolphia Britton
  • Rhodopis Urb.

Notes and References

1. de Queiroz LP. . 2008 . Re-establishment, synopsis and new combinations in the genus Bionia Mart. ex Benth. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) . Neodiversity . 3 . 13–18 . 10.13102/neod.31.3 . 2017-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202073225/http://www.neodiversity.org/web2py/showarticle/8 . 2017-02-02 . dead . free .
2. Fernandes JM, FPinto Garcia FC . 2014 . Expanding the description of Bionia bella Mart. ex Benth. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) . Acta Botanica Brasilica . 28 . 2 . 141–146 . 10.1590/S0102-33062014000200001. free .