| Dirachma | |
|---|---|
| Illustration depicting the woody speciesDirachma socotrana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Dirachmaceae Hutch.[2] |
| Genus: | Dirachma Schweinf. exBalf.f.[1] |
| Species | |
| Distribution of genusDirachma | |
Dirachma is the solegenus of thefamilyDirachmaceae. The genus had beenmonotypic, its sole species being thewoody plantDirachma socotrana, until a second,herbaceous, species,Dirachma somalensis, was discovered inSomalia and described in 1991.[3]