Diapensia
Genus of Diapensiaceae plants
Diapensia | |
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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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Diapensia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Diapensiaceae. Most of the species are found in the Himalayas. Diapensia lapponica has a high Arctic, circumpolar distribution.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Diapensia:[2]
- Diapensia albida (W.E.Evans) J.F.Ye
- Diapensia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson
- Diapensia lapponica L.
- Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai
- Diapensia purpurea Diels
- Diapensia wardii W.E.Evans