| Dirca decipiens | |
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| Leaves and fruits, Eureka Springs, Arkansas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| 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.23
References
References
- "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".