Diapensiaceae
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- ITIS, via WWW, Aug. 25, 2006
- The plants database, via WWW, Aug. 25, 2006
- GRIN taxonomy for plants Web site, Aug. 25, 2006
- NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Aug. 25, 2006
- NCBI taxonomy browser, via WWW, Aug. 25, 2006
- Watson, L. The families of flowering plants, via WWW, Aug. 25, 2006
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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