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]

[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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