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Dendrolobium

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Dendrolobium
Dendrolobium triangulare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Genus: Dendrolobium
(Wight & Arn.) Benth. (1852)
Species[1]

19; see text

Synonyms[1]

Holtzea Schindl. (1926)

Dendrolobium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes 21 species of mostly trees and shrubs and rarely herbs. Species range from eastern Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) to Madagascar, India, Indochina, southern China, Malesia, Papuasia, northern and western Australia, and the southwestern Pacific. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and woodland, bamboo thickets, and grassland.[1]

Accepted species

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21 species are accepted:[1]

References

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