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Dirca
Sign in to saveDirca is a genus of three or four species of shrubby flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America. The genus is named after Dirce in Greek mythology. The general common name for this deciduous shrub is leatherwood; other names include moosewood, ropebark and the Powhatan-derived name wicopy, referring to its use as a fiber, wigub in the Algonquin languages. The stems of Dirca are exceptionally pliable and the bark is difficult to tear by hand; for this reason, its stems were used by Native Americans in eastern North America as thongs or ropes. The inner bark has cross-
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dirca is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Mexico, North America and California.
It sits within the topics Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Flora of Northern America and Taxa described in 1753.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyThymelaeaceae
Židelník (Dirca) je rod rostlin, patřící do čeledi vrabečnicovité (Thymelaeaceae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 73
- With media
- 72
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Collections
- MO, VT, CLEMS, UAM, ANSP, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Chile
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thymelaeaceae
- Named after
- Dirce
- Image
- Dirca palustris - Edwards.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dirca
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 韦木属
- topic's main category
- Category:Dirca
- Commons category
- Dirca
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