Biology:Dirachma

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Dirachma
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Illustration depicting the woody species Dirachma socotrana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Dirachmaceae
Hutch.[2]
Genus: Dirachma
Schweinf. ex Balf.f.[1]
Species
  • Dirachma socotrana
  • Dirachma somalensis
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Distribution of genus Dirachma

Dirachma is the sole genus of the family Dirachmaceae. The genus had been monotypic, its sole species being the woody plant Dirachma socotrana, until a second, herbaceous, species, Dirachma somalensis, was discovered in Somalia and described in 1991.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q131667 entry