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Diapensia
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.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Diapensia
speciesDiapensia lapponica
Alaskan pincushion plant
speciesDiapensia obovata
Diapensia purpurea
speciesDiapensia purpurea
Diapensia himalaica
speciesDiapensia himalaica
Diapensia bulleyana
speciesDiapensia bulleyana
Diapensia wardii
speciesDiapensia wardii
Diapensia albida
speciesDiapensia albida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.134
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.670
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.615
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1255
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Diapensia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144184.