Dirca, the Glossary
Dirca is a genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: California, Carl Linnaeus, Dirca decipiens, Dirca mexicana, Dirca occidentalis, Dirca palustris, Dirce, Flowering plant, Greek mythology, James A. Duke, Lindera, Mexico, Narcotic, North America, Ojibwe, Powhatan language, San Francisco Bay Area, Thymelaeaceae.
- Thymelaeoideae
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Dirca decipiens
Dirca decipiens, the Ozark leatherwood, is a deciduous shrub endemic to northwestern Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, and southwestern Missouri. Dirca and Dirca decipiens are Thymelaeoideae.
Dirca mexicana
Dirca mexicana, the Mexican leatherwood, is a low shrub with a very restricted population in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dirca and Dirca mexicana are Thymelaeoideae.
Dirca occidentalis
Dirca occidentalis, the western leatherwood, is a deciduous shrub with leaves three to seven centimeters in length. Dirca and Dirca occidentalis are Thymelaeoideae.
See Dirca and Dirca occidentalis
Dirca palustris
Dirca palustris, or eastern leatherwood, is a shrub that grows to a maximum height of about three meters. Dirca and Dirca palustris are Thymelaeoideae.
Dirce
Dirce (modern Greek, meaning "double" or "cleft") was a queen of Thebes as the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology.
See Dirca and Dirce
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
James A. Duke
James A. Duke (4 April 1929 – 10 December 2017) was an American botanist.
Lindera
Dried fruits of ''Lindera neesiana'' used as spice (coll.MHNT) Lindera is a genus of about 80–100, Flora of North America species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
See Dirca and Mexico
Narcotic
The term narcotic (from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "I make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe (syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: Ojibweg ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (Ojibwewaki ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains, extending into the subarctic and throughout the northeastern woodlands.
See Dirca and Ojibwe
Powhatan language
Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian was an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages.
See Dirca and Powhatan language
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.
See Dirca and San Francisco Bay Area
Thymelaeaceae
The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.
See also
Thymelaeoideae
- Aquilaria
- Dais (plant)
- Dais cotinifolia
- Dais glaucescens
- Daphne (plant)
- Daphnopsis
- Daphnopsis folsomii
- Daphnopsis hellerana
- Diarthron
- Dirca
- Dirca decipiens
- Dirca mexicana
- Dirca occidentalis
- Dirca palustris
- Edgeworthia
- Edgeworthia chrysantha
- Edgeworthia gardneri
- Gnidia
- Gnidia socotrana
- Gyrinops
- Gyrinops walla
- Jedda multicaulis
- Kelleria
- Lagetta
- Lagetta lagetto
- Ovidia
- Passerina (plant)
- Passerina ericoides
- Peddiea
- Peddiea kivuensis
- Phaleria
- Pimelea
- Rhamnoneuron
- Stellera
- Struthiola
- Struthiola tetralepis
- Thymelaea
- Thymelaea hirsuta
- Thymelaea passerina
- Thymelaeoideae
- Wikstroemia