| Diapensia | |
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| Botanical illustration of Diapensia lapponica subsp. lapponica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Diapensiaceae |
| Genus: | Diapensia L.[1] |
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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.
- ^ Sp. Pl. 1: 141. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 69. 1754