''Collaea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It belongs to subfamily

Faboideae The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family. This subfamily is widely ...

and tribe

Diocleae The tribe Diocleae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. The Diocleae can be distinguished from other members of Fabaceae by combination of features involving the woody vine or shrub habit, stipellate trifoliolate leaves, no ...

. It includes five species native to the southern tropical South America, ranging from Peru to northeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. *'' Collaea aschersoniana'' – scrambling subshrub or shrub native to southern Brazil *'' Collaea cipoensis'' – a shrub native to southeastern Brazil *'' Collaea insignis'' – a shrub native to west-central Brazil (northeastern Goiás and Brasília) *'' Collaea speciosa'' – a shrub native to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, eastern and southern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina *'' Collaea stenophylla'' – a subshrub or shrub native to southeastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina

References

Diocleae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Flora of Southern America {{Faboideae-stub