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Diapensia obovata

(F. Schmidt) Nakai

Alaskan Pincushion Plant

G5Secure Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128527

Element CodePDDIA01012

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderDiapensiales

FamilyDiapensiaceae

GenusDiapensia

Synonyms

Diapensia lapponica ssp. obovata(F. Schmidt) HultenDiapensia lapponica var. obovataF. Schmidt

Other Common Names

Diapensie à feuilles obovées (FR) Nakai's Diapensia (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1994) treats this taxon as Diapensia lapponica var. obovata.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-07-27

Change Date1991-08-07

Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Common variety (in appropriate habitat), widespread from Alaska to east Asia and eastern Siberia.

Range Extent Comments

Continental Alaska and Yukon Territory to east Asia.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Arctic and alpine tundra.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S3	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

Alaska (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
College Fiord	Chugach National Forest	1,130,818
Fidalgo-Gravina	Chugach National Forest	257,968
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615
Roaded Donut	Chugach National Forest	968
Twenty Mile	Chugach National Forest	198,775

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.