Dirca decipiens
| Dirca decipiens | |
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| Leaves and fruits, Eureka Springs, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Dirca |
| Species: | D. decipiens
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| Binomial name | |
| Dirca decipiens A.J.Floden
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Dirca decipiens, the Ozark leatherwood, is a deciduous shrub endemic to northwestern Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri. It is distinguished from the more widespread eastern leatherwood by its sessile fruits and finely hairy leaves and stems.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Dirca decipiens in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ "Floden, A., Mayfield, M., & Ferguson, C.J. (2009). A new narrowly endemic species of Dirca Thymelaeaceae from Kansas and Arkansas with a phylogenetic overview and taxonomic synopsis of the genus. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3, 485-499".
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