familyThymelaeaceae
genusDirca
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Difference between revisions of "Dirca"
Sp. Pl. 1: 358. 1753.
Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 167. 1754.
Common names: Leatherwood
Etymology: Greek mythological Dirce, wife of Lycus who was transformed by Dionysus into a fountain
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> deciduous, to 3 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched, appearing jointed, woody, sericeous or or (3–)4-lobed; petals (absent in D. palustris), included, minute, forming ring at base of staminal filaments; stamens 8, exserted, inserted within calyx; style exserted, elongate; stigma punctiform. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous, yellow, yellow-green, or green, fleshy, oil-rich, hypanthium not persistent.</span><!-- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> deciduous, to 3 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, branched, appearing jointed, woody, sericeous or or (3–)4-lobed; petals (absent in <i>D. palustris</i>), included, minute, forming ring at base of staminal filaments; stamens 8, exserted, inserted within calyx; style exserted, elongate; stigma punctiform. <b>Fruits</b> drupaceous, yellow, yellow-green, or green, fleshy, oil-rich, hypanthium not persistent.</span><!-- |
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| − | --><p>Dirca mexicana G. L. Nesom & Mayfield is known from Tamaulipas, Mexico.</p> | + | --><p><i>Dirca</i> mexicana G. L. Nesom & Mayfield is known from Tamaulipas, Mexico.</p> |
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Revision as of 18:49, 18 September 2019
Shrubs, deciduous, to 3 m. Stems erect, branched, appearing jointed, woody, sericeous or or (3–)4-lobed; petals (absent in D. palustris), included, minute, forming ring at base of staminal filaments; stamens 8, exserted, inserted within calyx; style exserted, elongate; stigma punctiform. Fruits drupaceous, yellow, yellow-green, or green, fleshy, oil-rich, hypanthium not persistent.
Distribution
North America, ne Mexico.
Discussion
Species 4 (3 in the flora).
Dirca mexicana G. L. Nesom & Mayfield is known from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Inflorescences pedunculate, flowers pedicellate; calyx unlobed or 4–5-lobed, margins shallowly crenate, erose, or undulate; bracts brown- to tan-pubescent; leaf blades usually glabrous, rarely with persistent indument. | Dirca palustris |
| 1 | Inflorescence epedunculate, flowers sessile or subsessile; calyx (3–)4-lobed, margins entire or erose; bracts white-tan tomentose; leaf blades hairy | > 2 |
| 2 | Pedicels glabrous; apex of ovary and fruit glabrous; leaf margins with 6–9 cilia per mm. | Dirca occidentalis |
| 2 | Pedicels sericeous; apex of ovary and fruit with trichomes; leaf margins with 11–18 cilia per mm. | Dirca decipiens |