''Dendrolobium'' 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 the 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 ...

. 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 Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises th ...

, 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 ''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 M ...

'' (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.

References

Fabaceae genera Taxa named by George Bentham {{Faboideae-stub