Dirca decipiens

Dirca decipiens
Leaves and fruits, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific 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

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

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".