Dioclea

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Dioclea is also the Latin name of the medieval Montenegrin state and of an Illyrian city, see: Duklja and Doclea (city).
Dioclea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked) Eurosids I
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Genus: Dioclea
Species

Around 50, see text

The genus Dioclea is a member of the family Fabaceae native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant sea-beans, faciliating dispersal by floating in rivers.

[edit] Species[1]

  • Dioclea albiflora
  • Dioclea apurensis
  • Dioclea aurea
  • Dioclea bicolor
  • Dioclea burkartii
  • Dioclea cassinoides (disputed)
  • Dioclea coriacea
  • Dioclea decandra
  • Dioclea densiflora
  • Dioclea dichrona (disputed)
  • Dioclea dictyoneura
  • Dioclea edulis
  • Dioclea erecta
  • Dioclea ferruginea
  • Dioclea fimbriata
  • Dioclea flexuosa
  • Dioclea funalis
  • Dioclea glabra
  • Dioclea grandiflora
  • Dioclea guianensis
  • Dioclea hexandra – bejuco de mato
  • Dioclea holtiana
  • Dioclea huberi
  • Dioclea javanica (disputed)
  • Dioclea latifolia
  • Dioclea lehmannii (disputed)
  • Dioclea leiantha
  • Dioclea macrantha
  • Dioclea macrocarpa
  • Dioclea malacocarpa
  • Dioclea marginata
  • Dioclea megacarpa
  • Dioclea mollicoma
  • Dioclea mollis (disputed)
  • Dioclea odorata (disputed)
  • Dioclea ornithoryncha (disputed)
  • Dioclea paniculata
  • Dioclea pulchra
  • Dioclea reflexa
  • Dioclea rigida
  • Dioclea rostrata (disputed)
  • Dioclea ruddiae
  • Dioclea rufescens
  • Dioclea schimpffii (disputed)
  • Dioclea schottii
  • Dioclea sclerocarpa
  • Dioclea sericea
  • Dioclea ucayalina
  • Dioclea umbrina
  • Dioclea violacea
  • Dioclea virgata
  • Dioclea wilsonii – Wilson's Clusterpea
  • Dioclea sp. "9068"[2][verification needed]
  • Dioclea sp. "11722"[2][verification needed]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ ILDIS (2005)
  2. ^ a b ILDIS (2001)

[edit] References

  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2001): Genus Dioclea. Version 6.00, 2001-JUN-14. Retrieved 2007-DEC-17.
  • International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Genus Dioclea. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2007-DEC-17.


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