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Taxon: Diapensia lapponica L.

Genus: Diapensia
Family: Diapensiaceae.
Nomen number: 416461
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:141. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 21-Mar-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • diapensia   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • iwaume   (Source: F Japan [as D. lapponica var. obovata]) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Diapensia lapponica subsp. obovata]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Taymyr, Yakutia-Sakha, Yamal Nenets
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom - Scotland
    East Europe: Russian Federation - Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Komi, Murmansk, Nenets
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; Greenland; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia [n.], Quebec [n.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, New Hampshire [n.], New York [n.], Vermont [n.]

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory. (F Yukon)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Hultén, O. E. G. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. (F AlaskaHult)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. (F NW Terr)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Welsh, S. L. 1974. Anderson's flora of Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada. (F AlaskaAnd)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Diapensia lapponica L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?416461 (09 February 2010)

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