Dioclea

Dioclea virgata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Diocleeae
Genus: Dioclea
Species: D. albiflora – D. apurensis – D. burkartii – D. fimbriata – D. guianensis – D. holtiana – D. lasiophylla – D. lehmannii – D. macrantha – D. ovalis – D. paniculata – D. sericea – D. vallensis – D. virgata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dioclea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page.

Name

Dioclea Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 437. (1823)

• Type species: Dioclea sericea Kunth. (1823) LT designated by N. L. Britton et P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 418 (1924)

Synonyms

• Crepidotropis Walp., Linnaea, 14: 296 (1840)
• Hymenospron Spreng., Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 282 (1827)
• Lepidamphora Zoll. ex Miq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Introduced into: Borneo, Ethiopia, India, Malaya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, 1823. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 6: 437

Additional references

• de Queiroz, L.P. & Snak, C. 2020. Revisiting the taxonomy of Dioclea and related genera (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), with new generic circumscriptions. PhytoKeys 164: 67–114. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.164.55441 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2000. World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [unavailable to the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Dioclea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Dioclea. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Dioclea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Dioclea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Dioclea. Accessed: 14 May 2021.

Vernacular names

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