Diocleae | |
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Camptosema grandiflora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
(unranked): | Millettioids |
Tribe: |
Diocleae (Benth. 1865) Hutch. 1964 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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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).
Diocleae contains the following genera: