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Linum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 277 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000021903.

Literature

Synonyms of Linum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adenolinum Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837) wfo-4000000634
Cathartolinum Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837) wfo-4000006999
Cliococca Bab. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 90 (1841) wfo-4000008635
Hesperolinon (A.Gray) Small N. Amer. Fl. 25: 84 (1907) wfo-4000017635
Linopsis Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837) wfo-4000021890
Meiapinon Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 32 (1837) wfo-4000023530
Mesyniopsis W.A.Weber Phytologia 70: 232 (1991) wfo-4000023882
Mesynium Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1837) wfo-4000023883
Nezera Raf. New Fl. 4: 64 (1838) wfo-4000026075
Numisaureum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 32 (1837) wfo-4000026379
Sclerolinon C.M.Rogers Madroño 18: 182 (1966) wfo-4000034737

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Linum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum subsp. chamissonis (Scheide) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001368629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum subsp. macraei (Benth.) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001368630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum var. cumingii (Lodd.) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001401059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum var. obtusifolium (Phil.) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001401060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum var. oligophyllum (Hooker & Arn.) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001401061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum aquilinum var. ramosissimum (Gay) Gunckel Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972 wfo-0001401062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum crystallinum Grenier – — wfo-0001443414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum multiflorum Lam. Fl. Franç. (Lamarck) 3: 70. 1779 [1778 publ. after 21 Mar 1779] wfo-0000363279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum oligophyllum var. eglandulosum Schiede Linnaea 1(1): 68. 1826 [Jan 1826] wfo-0001393747
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum oligophyllum var. glandulosum Schiede Linnaea 1(1): 68. 1826 [Jan 1826] wfo-0001393748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum sansabeanum Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 (1862) 450. wfo-0000363322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum tetragynum Colebr. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1506. 1829 wfo-0000366413