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431.0000 Family Diapensiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 233 (1836), nom. cons.
6 genera, 17 spp.
Species listed in database: 19
= Diapensieae A.Gray; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 6, Sér. 7: 176 (1878)
= Diapensiinae A.Gray ex Airy Shaw; Kew Bull. 17: 509 (1964)
= Diapensiineae Link; Handbuch [Link] 1: 595 (1829)
= Diapensioideae J.Williams; Man. Bot. [Balfour], ed. 3: 479 (1855)
= Galacinaceae D.Don; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 6: 53 (1828)
= Galacineae DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 7: 776 (1839)
= Galacinoideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 112 (1832)
= Schizocodoninae A.Gray; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 6, 7: 177 (1879)
431.0004 Genus Diapensia L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 141 (1753)
Distribution: holarctic (1), Himalayas (3)
Species listed in database: 6
= Rembertia Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 226 (1763)
species :
Diapensia albida (W.E.Evans) J.F.Ye; J. Syst. Evol. 58: 703 (2019)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Diapensia purpurea f. albida W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 232 (1927)
species :
Diapensia himalaica Hook.f. & Thomson; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 373, t. 12 (1857)
Distribution: China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Chumbi); Myanmar
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Diapensia acutifolia Hand.-Mazz.; Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 40(19): 154 (1924)
= Diapensia himalaica f. candida W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 228 (1927)
= Diapensia himalaica f. rubella W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 228 (1927)
= Diapensia himalaica f. sulphurea W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 228 (1927)
= Diapensia himalaica f. violacea W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 228 (1927)
= Diapensia himalaica var. acutifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 227 (1927)
= Diapensia himalaica var. retusa W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 227 (1927)
species :
Diapensia lapponica L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 141 (1753)
Name: Pincushion plant (EN)
Distribution: Iceland; England (W-Scotland: Glenfinnan); Norway; Sweden; Finland; N-European Russia; Siberia (Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia); Greenland; Canada (Labrador, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Québec); St. Pierre et Miquelon; USA (Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont)
10 FIN GRB ICE NOR SWE 14 RUS 30 SIB 70 CDN GNL 71 CDN 72 CDN SPM 75 USA
Conservation Status: in England only at a single location
Synonyms: hidden
= Diapensia obtusifolia Salisb.; Parad. Lond. 2: t. 104 (1808)
species :
Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai; Trees Shrubs Japan 194 (1922)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Isl., Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); North Korea; South Korea (incl. Cheju Isl.); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu); Alaska; Canada (British Columbia, Northern Territories, Yukon)
30 SIB 31 RFE 38 JAP KOR NKO 70 ASK CDN 71 CDN
Synonyms: hidden
= Diapensia lapponica f. rosea (Hultén) P.J.Scott & R.T.Day; Taxon 32(3): 420 (1983)
= Diapensia lapponica f. rosea Honda; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 20(1): 18 (1962)
= Diapensia lapponica subsp. obovata (F.Schmidt) Hultén; Acta Univ. Lund., Ser. 2, 44, no. 1: 1265 (1948)
= Diapensia lapponica var. asiatica Herder; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 488 (1872)
= Diapensia lapponica var. obovata F.Schmidt; Reis. Amur-Land., Bot. 161 (1868)
= Diapensia lapponica var. rosea Hultén; Ark. Bot., a. s. 7(1): 101 (1968), nom. inval.
species :
Diapensia purpurea Diels; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10(260-262): 419-420 (1912)
Distribution: China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; India (Arunachal Pradesh); N-Myanmar (Kachin)
36 CHI TIB 40 IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Diapensia bulleyana Forrest ex Diels; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 207-208 (1912)
= Diapensia purpurea f. bulleyana (Forrest ex Diels) W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 232 (1927)
= Diapensia purpurea f. rosea W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 232 (1927)
species :
Diapensia wardii W.E.Evans; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(74): 233-234, t. 222a (1927)
Distribution: SE-Tibet; India (Arunachal Pradesh)
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