Dioclea (plant)

Dioclea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Diocleae
Genus: Dioclea
Kunth[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Crepidotropis Walp.
  • Hymenospron Spreng.
  • Lepidamphora Zoll. ex Miq.

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.

Taxonomy

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 showed that when broadly circumscribed, Dioclea was not monophyletic. Many species were transferred to the genus Macropsychanthus.[2]

Species

As of August 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

Species transferred to Macropsychanthus include:

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dioclea Kunth", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 28 August 2021
  2. ^ de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci & Snak, Cristiane (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, PMC 8359005, PMID 34531697
  3. ^ 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. Bibcode:2000PChem..55..805B. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00297-1. PMID 11190400.


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