{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Dichilus gracilis (Fabaceae) (27125454126).jpg | image_caption = ''Dichilus gracilis'' | taxon = Dichilus | authority = DC. (1826) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22246-1 ''Dichilus'' DC.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 18 August 2023.</ref> | synonyms = ''Melinospermum'' {{small|Walp. (1840)}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Dichilus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes five species native to southern Africa, from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia to South Africa.<ref name = powo/>
==Species== Five species are accepted:<ref name = powo/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Dichilus&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Dichilus'' | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | accessdate = 7 April 2014 }}</ref> * ''Dichilus gracilis'' <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small> * ''Dichilus lebeckioides'' <small>DC.</small> <!-- Dichilus multiflorus was reclassified as Dichilus pilosus. --> * ''Dichilus pilosus'' <small>Conrath ex Schinz</small> * ''Dichilus reflexus'' <small>(N.E.Br.) A.L.Schutte</small> * ''Dichilus strictus'' <small>E.Mey.</small> <!-- Dichilus candicans is a synonym of Melolobium microphyllum --> <!-- Dichilus ciliatus is a synonym of Argyrolobium tomentosum --> <!-- Dichilus dallonianus is a synonym of Agyrolobium arabicum --> <!-- Dichilus floribundus is a synonym of Lotononis dichiloides --> <!-- Dichilus hypotrichum is a synonym of Argyrolobium lunare subsp. sericeum --> <!-- Dichilus microphyllus is a synonym of Melolobium microphyllum --> <!-- Dichilus patens is a synonym of Dichilus gracilis --> <!-- Dichilus pusillus is a synonym of Dichilus gracilis --> <!-- Dichilus sericeus is a synonym of Argyrolobium trifoliatum --> <!-- Dichilus spicatus is a synonym of Melolobium aethiopicum -->
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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Category:Genisteae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern Africa Category:Flora of South Tropical Africa
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