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|accepted_name=Dirca
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 358. 1753
|year=1753
}}{{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 167. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Leatherwood
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Thymelaeaceae;Dirca
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thymelaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dirca]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek mythological Dirce, wife of Lycus who was transformed by Dionysus into a fountain
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 383
|treatment_page=page 381
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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><!--

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|distribution=North America;ne Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Dirca mexicana G. L. Nesom & Mayfield is known from Tamaulipas, Mexico.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=peterson2009a
|text=Peterson, B. J., W. R. Graves, and J. Sharma. 2009. Color of pubescence on bud scales conflicts with keys for identifying species of Dirca (Thymelaeaceae). Rhodora 111: 126–130.
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|id=schrader2004a
|text=Schrader, J. A. and W. R. Graves. 2004. Systematics of Dirca (Thymelaeaceae) based on ITS sequences and ISSR polymorphisms. Sida 21: 511–524.
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|id=schrader2005a
|text=Schrader, J. A. and W. R. Graves. 2005. Seed germination of Dirca (leatherwood); pretreatments and interspecific comparisons. HortScience 40: 1838–1842.
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|id=vogelman1953a
|text=Vogelman, H. A. 1953. Comparison of Dirca palustris and Dirca occidentalis (Thymelaeaceae). Asa Gray Bull. 2: 77–82.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|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|Dirca palustris]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescence epedunculate, flowers sessile or subsessile; calyx (3–)4-lobed, margins entire or erose; bracts white-tan tomentose; leaf blades hairy
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Pedicels glabrous; apex of ovary and fruit glabrous; leaf margins with 6–9 cilia per mm.
|[[Dirca occidentalis|Dirca occidentalis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Pedicels sericeous; apex of ovary and fruit with trichomes; leaf margins with 11–18 cilia per mm.
|[[Dirca decipiens|Dirca decipiens]]
|}
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name=Dirca
|author=Aaron Floden;Lorin I. Nevling Jr.
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Thymelaeaceae
|distribution=North America;ne Mexico.
|reference=peterson2009a;schrader2004a;schrader2005a;vogelman1953a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Dirca
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