''Diapensia'' is a

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s of the family

Diapensiaceae Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, which includes 15 species in 6 genera. The genera include '' Berneuxia'' Decne. (1 species), '' Diapensia'' L. (5 species), ''Galax'' Sims (1 species), '' Pyxidanthera'' Michx. (2 species), '' ...

. Most of the species are found in the Himalayas. ''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

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, are as follows: *'' Diapensia himalaica'' Hook.f. & Thomson *''

Diapensia lapponica ''Diapensia lapponica'', the pincushion plant, is a plant in the family Diapensiaceae, the only circumboreal species in the genus '' Diapensia'', the others being mainly in the Himalaya and on mountains in southwestern China. This species likely ...

'' L. *'' Diapensia purpurea'' Diels *'' Diapensia wardii'' W.E.Evans

References

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