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
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • 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).

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