Ditrysinia
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
- Formerly included
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Scientific 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 | |
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moved to Stillingia
- Ditrysinia sylvatica (L.) Raf. ex B.D.Jacks. - Stillingia sylvatica L.
Description
Ditrysinia fructicosa is a monoecious shrub. It may reach a height between 1.5 and 2.5 meters (approximately 5 to 8.2 feet).D. fructicosa's leaves are alternately arranged and range in shape from elliptic to lance-elliptic. They may reach a length of 3 to 7.5 centimeters (1.18 to 3 inches) and a width of 0.8 to 3.5 centimeters (0.3 to 1.4 inches).[7]
Habitat
This species is considered to be facultative to facultative wetland by the United States Department of Agriculture.[8]
In general, D. fructicosa may be found in habitats that are mostly shaded and are considered moist-to-wet, such as swampy forests.[9] However, due to its facultative nature, this species has been observed to occur in other types of habitats, such as: within a mesic woodland, within a floodplain forest, and on limestone bluffs.[10]
