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]

Dirca decipiens
Leaves and fruits, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Dirca
Species:
D. decipiens
Binomial name
Dirca decipiens
A.J.Floden

References edit

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Dirca decipiens in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  3. ^ "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".