Diapensia
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| Botanical illustration of Diapensia lapponica subsp. lapponica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Diapensiaceae |
| Genus: | Diapensia L.[1] |
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Diapensia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Diapensiaceae. Most of the species are found in the Himalaya. Diapensia lapponica has a high Arctic, circumpolar distribution.
Species[]
Diapensia obovata, which is found in Asia and western North America, is now generally considered to be Diapensia lapponica subsp. obovata, which would make the European and eastern North American Diapensia lapponica into Diapensia lapponica subsp. lapponica. Species currently accepted by The Plant List,[2] are as follows:
- Hook.f. & Thomson
- Diapensia lapponica L.
- Diels
- W.E.Evans
References[]
- ^ Sp. Pl. 1: 141. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 69. 1754
- ^ "Diapensia". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
Categories:
- Diapensiaceae
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Ericales genera