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Genus of plants

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

19; see text

Synonyms

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.

Accepted species

21 species are accepted:

References

  1. ^ Dendrolobium (Wight & Arn.) Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Dendrolobium
Desmodium subg. Dendrolobium
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