Diapensia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Diapensiaceae
Genus: Diapensia
Species: D. himalaica – D. lapponica – D. purpurea – D. wardii
Name

Diapensia L. (1753)

Type species: D. lapponica L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Rembertia Adans., Fam. 2: 226. Jul-Aug 1763.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 141.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Diapensia L.. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Diapensia L.. Published online. Accessed: Mar 03 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Diapensia L. in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Diapensia L.. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 03.

Vernacular names
suomi: Uuvanat
svenska: Fjällgrönesläktet

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:

Diapensia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson
Diapensia lapponica L.
Diapensia purpurea Diels
Diapensia wardii 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.