Dioclea (plant)

Dioclea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Dioclea
Kunth
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Crepidotropis Walp.
  • Hymenospron Spreng.
  • Lepidamphora Zoll. ex Miq.

Dioclea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers.

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