Ditrysinia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1825.[2][3] It contains only one recognized species, Ditrysinia fruticosa, the Gulf Sebastian-bush,[4] native to the southeastern United States (E Texas, Louisiana, SW Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, N Florida, Georgia, North + South Carolina).[1][5][6]

Ditrysinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Ditrysinia
Raf.
Species:
D. fruticosa
Binomial name
Ditrysinia fruticosa
(W.Bartram) Govaerts & Frodin
Synonyms[1]
  • Stillingia fruticosa W.Bartram
  • Sebastiania fruticosa (W.Bartram) Fernald
  • Stillingia ligustrina Michx.
  • Stillingia frutescens Bosc ex Steud.
  • Ditrysinia ligustrina (Michx.) Raf.
  • Stillingia fruticosa Spreng.
  • Gymnanthes ligustrina (Michx.) Müll.Arg.
  • Gymnanthes ligustrina (Michx.) Müll.Arg.
Formerly included

moved to Stillingia

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1825. Neogenyton 2.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Ditrysinia Raf.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Ditrysinia fruticosa​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map