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]
| Dirachma | |
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| Illustration depicting the woody species Dirachma socotrana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Dirachmaceae Hutch.[2] |
| Genus: | Dirachma Schweinf. ex Balf.f.[1] |
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| Distribution of genus Dirachma | |
References
edit- ^ "International Plant Names Index". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ 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.
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