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).
Genera Diocleae contains the following genera: Canavalia Clade Canavalia Adans. Dioclea Clade Cleobulia Mart. ex Benth. Cymbosema Benth. Dioclea Kunth Macropsychanthus Harms ex K. Schum. & Lauterb. Galactia Clade Bionia Mart. Camptosema Hook. & Arn. Collaea DC. Cratylia Mart. ex Benth. Galactia P. Browne Lackeya Fortunato et al. Neorudolphia Britton Rhodopis Urb.
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