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Diocleae is one of the subdivisions of the plant
family
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The Diocleae can be distinguished from other members of Fabaceae by
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
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Canavalia
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* ''Dioclea'' Clade
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Cleobulia''
Mart. ex Benth.
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Cymbosema''
Benth.
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Dioclea''
Kunth
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Macropsychanthus''
Harms ex K. Schum. & Lauterb.
* ''Galactia'' Clade
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Bionia''
Mart.
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Camptosema''
Hook. & Arn.
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Collaea''
DC.
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Cratylia''
Mart. ex Benth.
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Galactia''
P. Browne
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Lackeya''
Fortunato ''et al''.
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Neorudolphia''
Britton
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Rhodopis
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Urb.
References
External links
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Faboideae
Fabaceae tribes
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