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December 2022

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genus

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

Sp. Pl. 1: 277. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Linum

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Adenolinum	Rchb.	Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837)	wfo-4000000634
Alsolinum	–	–	wfo-4000001398
Cathartolinum	Rchb.	Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837)	wfo-4000006999
Chrysolinum	–	–	wfo-4000008220
Cliococca	Bab.	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 90 (1841)	wfo-4000008635
Hesperolinon	(A.Gray) Small	N. Amer. Fl. 25: 84 (1907)	wfo-4000017635
Leucolinum	–	–	wfo-4000021555
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
Xantholinum	Rchb.	Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 306. 1837.	wfo-4000040883

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Linum adenophorum	Hausskn. & Bornm. ex Bornm.	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.f., 6: 65 (1894)		wfo-0000363449
Linum aksehirense	Tugay & Ulukuş	PhytoKeys 136: 25. 2019		wfo-1000033088
Linum albidum	Ewart & Jean White	Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria , n.s., 23: 294 (1911)		wfo-0000363414
Linum alnense	Sotti	Rea 2: 17 (1969)		wfo-0000363425
Linum annotinum	K.Koch	Linnaea 15: 713 (1842)		wfo-0000363442
Linum appressum subsp. commutatum	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 507. 2015 [2 Nov 2015] , as 'appresum'		wfo-0001368411
Linum appressum subsp. permixtum	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 507. 2015 [2 Nov 2015] , as 'appresum'		wfo-0001368412
Linum aquilinum subsp. chamissonis	(Scheide) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001368629
Linum aquilinum subsp. macraei	(Benth.) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001368630
Linum aquilinum var. cumingii	(Lodd.) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001401059
Linum aquilinum var. obtusifolium	(Phil.) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001401060
Linum aquilinum var. oligophyllum	(Hooker & Arn.) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001401061
Linum aquilinum var. ramosissimum	(Gay) Gunckel	Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Not. Mens. (Chile) 17(197): 7, without basionym ref. 1972		wfo-0001401062
Linum arboreum var. doerfleri	(Rech.) Critop.	in Jordanov et al. Problems Balkan Fl. & Veg. 172, without basionym ref. 1975		wfo-0001401063
Linum arounicum	Boiss. & Orph.	–	—	wfo-0001073418
Linum asiaticum	Mart.	Pl. Hort. Erlang. : 84 (1814)		wfo-0000363528
Linum austriacum subsp. gaetulum	Humbert	Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 231. 1928 (1928)		wfo-1200011475
Linum ayliniae	Yılmaz	Novon 26(2): 174. 2018		wfo-1000005200
Linum beauharnaisianum	Spadoni	Nuov. Sp. Lino : t. 1 (1808)		wfo-0000363883
Linum bellidifolium	Gand.	Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 48 (1875)		wfo-0000363884
Linum berlandieri var. berendieri	Hook.	–		wfo-0001392717
Linum biebersteinii	Spreng.	Gartenzeitung (Halle) 3: 133 (1805)		wfo-0000363871
Linum bithynicum	Azn.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 167 (1897)		wfo-0000363879
Linum brevifolium f. oppositifolium	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 462. 1877 [1 Dec 1877]		wfo-0001323910
Linum brevifolium f. rigidum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 462. 1877 [1 Dec 1877]		wfo-0001323911
Linum brevifolium f. squamifolium	(Schiede) Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 462. 1877 [1 Dec 1877]		wfo-0001323912
Linum brevipes	Bornm.	Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 144 (1917)		wfo-0000363880
Linum broteri	Hoffmanns. ex Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 758 (1820)		wfo-0000363837
Linum capitatum f. minimum	Petrova	Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 31. 1973		wfo-0001326125
Linum carratracense	(Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 257 (2015)		wfo-0001344791
Linum cavaleriei	H.Lév. & Vaniot	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 9 (1908)		wfo-0000363827
Linum complanatum	Gromov ex Trautv.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 159 (1883)		wfo-0000363557
Linum croceum	Javorka	Magyar Bot. Lapok 9: 147 (1910)		wfo-0000363542
Linum crystallinum	Grenier	–	—	wfo-0001443414
Linum cumingii	G.Lodd.	Bot. Cab. 20(10): t. 1996. 1833 [Dec 1833]		wfo-0000363537
Linum cuspidatum	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 66 (1838)		wfo-0000363545
Linum czerniaevii	Klokov	–	—	wfo-0001073541
Linum darmstadinum	Alef.	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 252 (1867)		wfo-0000363547
Linum davuricum	Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 752 (1820)		wfo-0000363512
Linum dehiscens	Vavilov & Elladi	Fl. Cult. Pl. 5(1): 110 (1940)		wfo-0000363486
Linum depressum	hort. ex Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 758 (1820)		wfo-0000363488
Linum empetrifolium	Schott & Kotschy	Asie Min., Bot. (P.A. Tchichatscheff) 1: 143. 1860		wfo-0000363474
Linum erectum	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 123 (1923)		wfo-0000363477
Linum fasciculatum	Mart. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 51 (1841)		wfo-0000363482
Linum fastigiatum	Tausch	Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 244 (1828)		wfo-0000363483
Linum flexuosum	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 51 (1841)		wfo-0000363503
Linum gaditanum	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 508 (2015)		wfo-0001344772
Linum hirsutum subsp. byzantinum	Azn.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 140. 1899 (1899)		wfo-1200012000
Linum hirsutum subsp. oreocaricum	P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 143. 1957 (1957)		wfo-1200011655
Linum hirsutum subsp. pseudoanatolicum	P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 38. 1967 (1967)		wfo-1200011747
Linum hungaricum	Podp.	Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 636 (1902)		wfo-0000363283
Linum immaculatae	Sennen	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 363, nomen. 1927		wfo-0001353542
Linum junceum f. genuinum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 466. 1877 [1 Dec 1877]		wfo-0001323913
Linum karataviense	Pavlov	Sovetsk. Bot. 1: 25 (1934)		wfo-0000363309
Linum kirgisicum	Alef.	Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 255 (1867)		wfo-0000363320
Linum littorale f. bahiense	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 464. 1877 [1 Dec 1877] , as 'litorale'		wfo-0001323914
Linum littorale f. corymbosum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 464, t. 99, fig. 2. 1877 [1 Dec 1877] , as 'litorale'		wfo-0001323915
Linum littorale f. cuspidatum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 464. 1877 [1 Dec 1877] , as 'litorale'		wfo-0001323916
Linum littorale f. glandulosum	(A.St.-Hil.) Urb. in Mart.	–		wfo-0001323632
Linum littorale f. glomeratum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 463. 1877 [1 Dec 1877] , as 'litorale'		wfo-0001323917
Linum littorale f. panniculatum	Urb.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 464. 1877 [1 Dec 1877] , as 'litorale'		wfo-0001323918
Linum luschasii	Stapf	Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 22 (1886)		wfo-0000363249
Linum macraei	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5474. 1864		wfo-0000363259
Linum marginale	A.Cunn. ex Planch.	London J. Bot. 7: 169. 1848		wfo-0000363257
Linum marginale var. australe	Wawra	Itinera Principum S. Coburgi 1 1883		wfo-0001398123
Linum marginale var. marginale	A.Cunn.	Itinera Principum S. Coburgi 1 1883		wfo-0001398125
Linum marginatum	Small	Fl. S.E. U.S. : 663 (1903)		wfo-0000363252
Linum marianorum	(Rivas Goday & Bellot) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 242 (2015)		wfo-0001344773
Linum marianorum subsp. arundanum	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 508. 2015 [2 Nov 2015]		wfo-0001368414
Linum maritimum subsp. ligusticum	Rouy	Fl. France 4: 57. 1897 (1897)		wfo-1200012007
Linum medium var. typicum	Fernald	Rhodora 37: 428. 1935		wfo-0001393746
Linum monadelphum	Mart.	Pl. Hort. Erlang. : 84 (1814)		wfo-0000363272
Linum monadelphum	hort. ex Rchb.	Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 4: 8 (1826)		wfo-0000363271
Linum monopetalum	Steph.	Enum. Sirp. Agr. Mosq. : 214 (1792)		wfo-0000363275
Linum mucronatum subsp. assyriacum	P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 155. 1957 (1957)		wfo-1200011936
Linum mucronatum subsp. gypsicola	P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 156. 1957 (1957)		wfo-1200012019
Linum mucronatum subsp. pubifolium	(P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis	Fl. Turkey 2: 432. 1967 (1967)		wfo-1200011914
Linum mucronatum var. papilliferum	(Hub.-Mor. & Reese) P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 37. 1967		wfo-1200010437
Linum multiflorum	Lam.	Fl. Franç. (Lamarck) 3: 70. 1779 [1778 publ. after 21 Mar 1779]		wfo-0000363279
Linum mysorense	B.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1507. 1829		wfo-0000363261
Linum narbonense subsp. barrasii	(Pau) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 191. 2015 [2 Nov 2015]		wfo-0001368415
Linum nestleri	Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Fl. Tirol 6(2): 757 (1909)		wfo-0000363266
Linum oligophyllum var. eglandulosum	Schiede	Linnaea 1(1): 68. 1826 [Jan 1826]		wfo-0001393747
Linum oligophyllum var. glandulosum	Schiede	Linnaea 1(1): 68. 1826 [Jan 1826]		wfo-0001393748
Linum organense	Gardner	London J. Bot. 4: 100 (1845)		wfo-0000363388
Linum parviflorum	Medik.	Bot. Beob. 1783 : 145 (1784)		wfo-0000363376
Linum platyphyllum	(P.H.Davis) Yıld.	Ot Sist. Bot. Dergisi 25(2): 17. 2018		wfo-1000005201
Linum platyphyllum subsp. guvensenii	Yıld.	Ot Sist. Bot. Dergisi 25(2): 17. 2018		wfo-1200002613
Linum procumbens	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 52; Planch. in Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. ix. (1853-54) 280, nota, t. 965. f. 2. 1841		wfo-0000363410
Linum reflexum	[Soland.]	Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 387. 1789		wfo-0000363337
Linum refractum	Raf.	New Fl. 4: 64 (1838)		wfo-0000363338
Linum rubrum	Raf.	Caratt. Nuov. Gen. : 74 (1810)		wfo-0000363326
Linum sansabeanum	Buckley	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 (1862) 450.		wfo-0000363322
Linum sardoum	Muell. ex Moris	Fl. Sardoa 1: 358 (1837)		wfo-0000363323
Linum scariosum	Scheele	Flora 26: 433 (1843)		wfo-0000363330
Linum serotinum	Pall.	Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 2: 80 (1801)		wfo-0000363361
Linum smallii	(C.M.Rogers) K.Bradley & Weakley	J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 14(2): 212. 2020		wfo-1000023472
Linum squamatum	Herb.	unio. It. ex Steud. Nom. ed. II. ii. 52.		wfo-0000363347
Linum squarrosum subsp. maroccanum	(Pau & Font Quer) Mart.Labarga & P.P.Ferrer	Phytotaxa 439(2): 133. 2020		wfo-1200007607
Linum strictum var. paniculatum	Rouy & Foucaud	Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 59. 1897 [1-12 Nov 1897]		wfo-0001399080
Linum suaedifolium	Planch.	London J. Bot. 7: 168. 1848		wfo-0000365986
Linum subasperifolium	Humbert & Maire	Mem. Soc. Sc. Not. Maroc No. xv. 20 (1927).		wfo-0000366407
Linum suffruticosum subsp. carratracense	Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.	Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 187. 1969 , as 'carratracensis'		wfo-0001368419
Linum suffruticosum subsp. crespoi	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 508. 2015 [2 Nov 2015]		wfo-0001368416
Linum suffruticosum subsp. differens	(Pau) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.	Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 185. 1969 (1969)		wfo-1200012147
Linum suffruticosum subsp. loeflingii	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 508. 2015 [2 Nov 2015]		wfo-0001368417
Linum suffruticosum subsp. montserratii	Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 508. 2015 [2 Nov 2015]		wfo-0001368418
Linum suffruticosum var. maroccanum	Pau & Font Quer	Iter Marocc. no. 354. 1927		wfo-1200010098
Linum suffruticosum var. tegendense	C.Vicioso ex Pau	Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 2: 206. 1916		wfo-0001400485
Linum sulphureum	Boiss. & Hassk.	Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 857. 1867 [Apr-Jun 1867]		wfo-0000366400
Linum tauricum subsp. bosphori	P.H.Davis	Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 37. 1967		wfo-1200010436
Linum tegedense	(C.Vicioso ex Pau) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.	Fl. Iber. 9: 240 (2015)		wfo-0001344790
Linum teneriffae	Hoffmanns.	Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 150 (1828)		wfo-0000366419
Linum tenuifolium subsp. marianorum	Rivas Goday & Bellot	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 142. 1946		wfo-0001368413
Linum tetragynum	Colebr. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1506. 1829		wfo-0000366413
Linum trigynum	Roxb.	Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 2: 110. 1832		wfo-1200011049
Linum trinervium	Freyn	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 26: 228 (1876)		wfo-0000366358
Linum trinervium	Herb.Hohen. ex Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 1: 411 (1874)		wfo-0000366371
Linum uniflorum	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 574 (1864)		wfo-0000366363
Linum verticillatum	L.	Sp. Pl. : 281 (1753)		wfo-0000366395
Linum wetschkyanum	E.Fiek	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 233 (1895)		wfo-0000366451