Dioclea (plant)

Dioclea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers.

Dioclea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Diocleae[1]
Genus:	Dioclea Kunth
Species
Around 50, see text

Species[2]

Dioclea albiflora Dioclea apurensis Dioclea aurea Dioclea bicolor Dioclea burkartii Dioclea cassinoides (disputed) Dioclea coriacea Dioclea decandra Dioclea densiflora Dioclea dichrona (disputed) Dioclea dictyoneura Dioclea edulis Dioclea erecta Dioclea ferruginea Dioclea fimbriata Dioclea flexuosa Dioclea funalis Dioclea glabra Dioclea grandiflora Dioclea guianensis Dioclea hexandra – bejuco de mato Dioclea holtiana Dioclea huberi Dioclea javanica (disputed) Dioclea latifolia Dioclea lehmannii (disputed) Dioclea leiantha Dioclea macrantha

Dioclea macrocarpa Dioclea malacocarpa Dioclea marginata Dioclea megacarpa Dioclea mollicoma Dioclea mollis (disputed) Dioclea odorata (disputed) Dioclea ornithoryncha (disputed) Dioclea paniculata Dioclea pulchra Dioclea reflexa Dioclea rigida Dioclea rostrata (disputed) Dioclea ruddiae Dioclea rufescens Dioclea schimpffii (disputed) Dioclea schottii Dioclea sclerocarpa Dioclea sericea Dioclea ucayalina Dioclea umbrina Dioclea violacea Dioclea virgata Dioclea wilsonii – Wilson's Clusterpea Dioclea sp. "9068"[3] Dioclea sp. "11722"[3]

Dioclea macrocarpa - MHNT

Chemistry

The A-type proanthocyanidin, epigallocatechin-(2β→7,4β→8)-epicatechin, together with epicatechin, luteolin 3′β-d-glucopyranoside, chrysoeriol 7β-d-glucopyranoside and 2-methylpentan-2,4-diol, can be found in the leaves of Dioclea lasiophylla,[4]

Footnotes

1. de Queiroz LP, Pastore JF, Cardoso D, Snak C, de C Lima AL, Gagnon E, Vatanparast M, Holland AE, Egan AN (2015). "A multilocus phylogenetic analysis reveals the monophyly of a recircumscribed papilionoid legume tribe Diocleae with well-supported generic relationships". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 90: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.016. PMID 25934529.
2. ILDIS (2005)
3. ILDIS (2001)
4. Barreiros, André L. B. S.; David, Juceni P.; de Queiroz, Luciano P.; David, Jorge M. (December 2000). "A-type proanthocyanidin antioxidant from Dioclea lasiophylla". Phytochemistry. 55 (7): 805–8. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00297-1. PMID 11190400.

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.