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Alaska diapensia

Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai
Alaska diapensia
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Diapensia obovata (F.Schmidt) Nakai is a species in the Diapensiaceae family. It is commonly known as Alaska diapensia. The species is distributed across British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, and Primorye. It was first described in 1922.

Description

Diapensia obovata is a member of the Diapensiaceae family and is native to a wide range of regions in North America and Asia. Its distribution includes British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and several regions in Russia and Japan. The species was first published in 1922 under the authorship of (F.Schmidt) Nakai. It is known by the common name Alaska diapensia in English.

Other common names

Alaska diapensiaAlaskan pincushion plantNakai's diapensia

Distribution

British Columbia · Northwest Territories · Yukon · NO · Alaska · Aleutian Is. · Amur · Buryatiya · Chita · Irkutsk · Japan · Kamchatka · Khabarovsk · Korea · Krasnoyarsk · Kuril Is. · Magadan · Northwest Territorie · Primorye · Sakhalin · Yakutskiya

Synonyms

Diapensia lapponica var. asiaticaDiapensia lapponica var. obovataDiapensia lapponica subsp. obovataDiapensia lapponica var. roseaDiapensia lapponica f. roseaDiapensia lapponica subsp. lapponica

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