Diapensiaceae
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Diapensia lapponica | |
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Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, comprising 20 species in seven genera.
- Genera
- Berneuxia Decne.
- Diapensia L.
- Diplarche Hook.f. & Thomson
- Galax Sims
- Pyxidanthera Michx.
- Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc.
- Shortia Torr. & A.Gray
In other plant classifications such as the Cronquist system, the family was treated in its own order Diapensiales, but more recent studies such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group place it in the order Ericales.
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