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Dendrolobium
Sign in to saveDendrolobium 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: in New Guinea. Note, Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 59
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, MEL, MNHN, IPA/SP, LD
- Recorded in
- Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Vanuatu, Indonesia, Madagascar, Australia, Vietnam, Myanmar
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Accepted species
- References
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: Dendrolobium arbuscula (Domin) Ohashi Dendrolobium baccatum (Schindl.) Schindl. Dendrolobium cheelii (C.A.Gardner) Pedley Dendrolobium cumingianum Benth. Dendrolobium dispermum (Hayata) Schindl. Dendrolobium geesinkii Ohashi Dendrolobium lanceolatum (Dunn) Schindl. Dendrolobium multiflorum Pedley Dendrolobium olivaceum (Prain) Schindl. Dendrolobium papuacola Ohashi & T.Nemoto Dendrolobium polyneurum (S.T.Blake) Ohashi Dendrolobium quinquepetalum (Blanco) Schindl. Dendrolobium rostratum (Schindl.) Schindl. Dendrolobium rugosum (Prain) Schindl. Dendrolobium stipatum S.T.Blake Dendrolobium thorelii (Gagnep.) Schindl. Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindl. Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth. Dendrolobium ursinum (Schindl.) Schindl.
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