Linum L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
Argentina South, Assam, Azores, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Chile South, Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Kamchatka, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Nova Scotia, Prince Edward I., Sakhalin, Thailand, Vietnam
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adenolinum Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 306 (1837)
- Alsolinum Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 349 (1868)
- Cathartolinum Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 306 (1837)
- Chrysolinum Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 349 (1868)
- Cliococca Bab. in Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 90 (1841)
- Hesperolinon (A.Gray) Small in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 84 (1907)
- Leucolinum Fourr. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 349 (1868)
- Linopsis Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 306 (1837)
- Meiapinon Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 32 (1837)
- Mesyniopsis W.A.Weber in Phytologia 70: 232 (1991)
- Mesynium Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1837)
- Nezera Raf. in New Fl. 4: 64 (1838)
- Numisaureum Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 3: 32 (1837)
- Sclerolinon C.M.Rogers in Madroño 18: 182 (1966)
- Xantholinum Rchb. in Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 306 (1837)
Accepted Species
- Linum acuticarpum C.M.Rogers
- Linum adenophyllum A.Gray
- Linum adustum E.Mey. ex Planch.
- Linum aethiopicum Thunb.
- Linum africanum L.
- Linum aksehirense Tugay & Ulukuş
- Linum alatum (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Linum album Kotschy ex Boiss.
- Linum allredii Sivinski & M.O.Howard
- Linum alpinum Jacq.
- Linum altaicum Ledeb. ex Juz.
- Linum amurense Alef.
- Linum anglicum Mill.
- Linum appressum Caball.
- Linum arboreum L.
- Linum arenicola (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Linum aretioides Boiss.
- Linum aristatum Engelm.
- Linum aroanium Boiss. & Orph.
- Linum australe A.Heller
- Linum austriacum L.
- Linum ayliniae Yılmaz
- Linum bahamense Northr.
- Linum baicalense Juz.
- Linum basarabicum (Săvul. & Rayss) Klokov ex Juz.
- Linum berlandieri Hook.
- Linum betsiliense Baker
- Linum bicarpellatum Sharsm.
- Linum bienne Mill.
- Linum boissieri Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.
- Linum brachypetalum O.Schwartz
- Linum brevifolium A.St.-Hil. & Naudin
- Linum brevistylum C.M.Rogers
- Linum breweri A.Gray
- Linum burkartii Mildner
- Linum caespitosum Sm.
- Linum californicum Benth.
- Linum campanulatum L.
- Linum capitatum Kit. ex Schult.
- Linum cariense Boiss.
- Linum carneum A.St.-Hil.
- Linum carnosulum Boiss.
- Linum carratracense (Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.
- Linum carteri Small
- Linum catharticum L.
- Linum chaborasicum Mouterde
- Linum chamissonis Schiede
- Linum ciliatum Hayek
- Linum clevelandii Greene
- Linum compactum A.Nelson
- Linum comptonii C.M.Rogers
- Linum congestum A.Gray
- Linum corymbiferum Desf.
- Linum corymbulosum Rchb.
- Linum cratericola Eliasson
- Linum cremnophilum I.M.Johnst.
- Linum cruciatum Planch.
- Linum cubense Bisse
- Linum czernjajevii Klokov
- Linum decumbens Desf.
- Linum densiflorum P.H.Davis
- Linum digynum A.Gray
- Linum doerfleri Rech.f.
- Linum dolomiticum Borbás
- Linum drymarioides Curran
- Linum elegans Spruner ex Boiss.
- Linum elongatum H.J.P.Winkl.
- Linum emirnense Bojer
- Linum empetrifolium (Boiss.) P.H.Davis
- Linum erigeroides A.St.-Hil.
- Linum ertugrulii Tugay, Bağcı & Uysal
- Linum esterhuyseniae C.M.Rogers
- Linum euboeum Bornm.
- Linum extraaxillare Kit.
- Linum filiforme Urb.
- Linum flagellare (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Linum flavum L.
- Linum floridanum (Planch.) Trel.
- Linum flos-carmini Ruiz-Martin, Mart.Labarga, Jim.Mejías & Pérez-Barr.
- Linum gaditanum Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.
- Linum goulimyi Rech.f.
- Linum gracile Sm. ex Planch.
- Linum grandiflorum Desf.
- Linum guatemalense Benth.
- Linum gyaricum Vierh.
- Linum gypsogenium G.L.Nesom
- Linum harlingii Eliasson
- Linum harperi Small
- Linum hellenicum Iatroú
- Linum heterosepalum Regel
- Linum heterostylum C.M.Rogers
- Linum hirsutum L.
- Linum hologynum Rchb.
- Linum hudsonioides Planch.
- Linum hypericifolium Salisb.
- Linum imbricatum (Raf.) B.D.Jacks.
- Linum intercursum E.P.Bicknell
- Linum iranicum Hausskn. ex Bornm.
- Linum jimenezii Pau
- Linum katiae Peruzzi
- Linum kaynakiae Yılmaz
- Linum keniense T.C.E.Fr.
- Linum khorassanicum Joharchi & Behrooz.
- Linum kingii S.Watson
- Linum komarovii Juz.
- Linum kurdicum (P.H.Davis) Naum.-Svetl.
- Linum lasiocarpum Rose
- Linum leonii F.W.Schultz
- Linum leucanthum Boiss. & Spruner
- Linum lewisii Pursh
- Linum littorale A.St.-Hil.
- Linum longipes Rose
- Linum lundellii C.M.Rogers
- Linum macraei Benth.
- Linum macrocarpum C.M.Rogers
- Linum macrorhizum Juz.
- Linum marginale A.Cunn.
- Linum marianorum (Rivas Goday & Bellot) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.
- Linum maritimum L.
- Linum marojejyense (Humbert) C.M.Rogers
- Linum mauritanicum Pomel
- Linum mcvaughii C.M.Rogers
- Linum medium (Planch.) Britton
- Linum meletonis Hand.-Mazz.
- Linum mexicanum Kunth
- Linum micranthum A.Gray
- Linum milletii Sennen & Gonzalo
- Linum modestum C.M.Rogers
- Linum monogynum G.Forst.
- Linum mucronatum Bertol.
- Linum mysorense B.Heyne ex Benth.
- Linum narbonense L.
- Linum nelsonii Rose
- Linum neomexicanum Greene
- Linum nervosum Waldst. & Kit.
- Linum nodiflorum L.
- Linum numidicum Murb.
- Linum nutans Maxim.
- Linum obtusatum (Boiss.) Stapf
- Linum olgae Juz.
- Linum oligophyllum Willd. ex Schult.
- Linum olympicum Boiss.
- Linum orizabae Planch.
- Linum pallasianum Schult.
- Linum pallescens Bunge
- Linum pamphylicum (Boiss.) Podp.
- Linum perenne L.
- Linum persicum Boiss.
- Linum peyronii Post
- Linum phitosianum Christod. & Iatroú
- Linum platyphyllum (P.H.Davis) Yıld.
- Linum polygaloides Planch.
- Linum pratense (Norton) Small
- Linum pringlei S.Watson
- Linum prostratum Dombey ex Lam.
- Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A.Heller
- Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.
- Linum punctatum C.Presl
- Linum pungens Planch.
- Linum quadrifolium L.
- Linum ramosissimum Gay
- Linum rigidum Pursh
- Linum rupestre Engelm. ex A.Gray
- Linum rzedowskii Arreguín
- Linum salsoloides Lam.
- Linum scabrellum Planch.
- Linum schiedeanum Schltdl. & Cham.
- Linum scoparium Griseb.
- Linum selaginoides Lam.
- Linum seljukorum P.H.Davis
- Linum setaceum Brot.
- Linum silpii Gomb.
- Linum smallii (C.M.Rogers) K.Bradley & Weakley
- Linum smithii Mildner
- Linum spergulinum A.Gray
- Linum squamulosum Rudolphi ex Willd.
- Linum squarrosum Munby
- Linum stelleroides Planch.
- Linum stocksianum Boiss.
- Linum striatum Walter
- Linum strictum L.
- Linum subbiflorum Juz.
- Linum subteres (Trel.) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Linum suffruticosum L.
- Linum sulcatum Riddell
- Linum tauricum Willd.
- Linum tegedense (C.Vicioso ex Pau) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.
- Linum tenellum Schltdl. & Cham.
- Linum tenue Desf.
- Linum tenuifolium L.
- Linum thesioides Bartl.
- Linum thracicum Degen
- Linum thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Linum tmoleum Boiss.
- Linum toxicum Boiss.
- Linum triflorum P.H.Davis
- Linum trigynum L.
- Linum turcomanicum Juz.
- Linum ucranicum (Griseb. ex Planch.) Czern.
- Linum unguiculatum P.H.Davis
- Linum uninerve (Rochel) Jáv.
- Linum usitatissimum L.
- Linum vanense Azn.
- Linum velutinum Steud. ex Planch.
- Linum vernale Wooton
- Linum verruciferum Azn.
- Linum villarianum Pau
- Linum villosum C.M.Rogers
- Linum violascens Bunge
- Linum virginianum L.
- Linum virgultorum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Planch.
- Linum viscosum L.
- Linum volkensii Engl.
- Linum vuralianum Yılmaz & Kaynak
- Linum westii C.M.Rogers
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Svetlova, A. (2009). The taxonomic review of the genus Linum L. (Linaceae) of the flora of Russia and adjacent states. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 41: 99-165.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 135 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 277 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 135 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 277 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
- The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images