Diapensiaceae

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Diapensiaceae
Diapensia lapponica
Diapensia lapponica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Diapensiaceae
Lindl.
Genera

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Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, comprising 20 species in seven genera.

Genera

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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