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|accepted_name=Datisca
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1037. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 460. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tricerastes
|authority=C. Presl
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Datiscaceae;Datisca
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Datiscaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Datisca]]</div></div>
|etymology=Cited by Dioscorides as Roman name for a species of Catananche Linnaeus (Asteraceae), applied here possibly alluding to similarity
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 59
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>hollow or pithy. <b>Flowers</b>: unisexual or bisexual. <b>Capsules</b> 3–5-angled. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;sw Asia from e Mediterranean region to Himalayas.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Datisca</i> cannabina Linnaeus, akalbir, of southwestern Asia, is occasionally used as an ornamental; it also yields a yellow dye once used for coloring silk.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=wolf2001a
|text=Wolf, D. E. et al. 2001. Sex determination in the androdioecious plant Datisca glomerata and its dioecious sister species D. cannabina. Genetics 159: 1243–1257.
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name=Datisca
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Tricerastes
|basionyms=
|family=Datiscaceae
|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;sw Asia from e Mediterranean region to Himalayas.
|reference=wolf2001a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Datisca
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