| 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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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: