Diapensia

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.

Diapensia
Botanical illustration of Diapensia lapponica subsp. lapponica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Diapensiaceae
Genus: Diapensia
L.[1]
Species

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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:

  • Diapensia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Diapensia lapponica L.
  • Diapensia purpurea Diels
  • Diapensia wardii W.E.Evans

References

  1. Sp. Pl. 1: 141. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 69. 1754
  2. "Diapensia". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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