Diapensiaceae
family of plants
Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, which includes 15 species in 6 genera. The genera include Berneuxia Decne. (1 species), Diapensia L. (5 species), Galax Sims (1 species), Pyxidanthera Michx. (2 species), Shortia Torr. & A.Gray (4 species), and Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc. (2 species). Members of this family have little economic importance; however, some members are cultivated by florists.
Taxonomy
Past literature classified Diapensiaceae as an old family, without defining the meaning of old. The name Diapensia was given to Diapensia lapponica by Linnaeus. Previously, it was the Greek name of sanicle.
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