Dirachma

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Dirachma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Dirachmaceae
Hutch.
Genus: Dirachma
Schweinf. ex Balf.f.
Species
Distribution of genus Dirachma

Dirachma is the sole genus of the family Dirachmaceae. The genus has been monotypic until a second species, Dirachma somalensis, was discovered in Somalia and described in 1991.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Link, D.A. 1991. Dirachma somalensis D.A.Link sp. nov. A New Species of a Remarkable and Highly Endangered Monogeneric Family. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België, 61: 3-13.