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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.

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Synonyms of Linum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adenolinum Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837) wfo-4000000634
Alsolinum Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 349 (1868) wfo-4000001398
Cathartolinum Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. : 306 (1837) wfo-4000006999
Chrysolinum Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 349 (1868) 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 Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , n.s., 16: 349 (1868) 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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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 adenophorum Hausskn. & Bornm. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.f., 6: 65 (1894) wfo-0000363449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum alnense Sotti Rea 2: 17 (1969) wfo-0000363425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum alpinum Pall. Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. : 49 (1795) wfo-1000058254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum annotinum K.Koch Linnaea 15: 713 (1842) wfo-0000363442
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 arboreum var. doerfleri (Rech.) Critop. in Jordanov et al. Problems Balkan Fl. & Veg. 172, without basionym ref. 1975 wfo-0001401063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum arounicum Boiss. & Orph. – — wfo-0001073418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum asiaticum Mart. Pl. Hort. Erlang. : 84 (1814) wfo-0000363528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum austriacum DC. Fl. Franç. , éd. 3, 6: 615 (1815) wfo-1000058255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum austriacum Lam. Encycl. 3: 521 (1792) wfo-1000058257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum austriacum Sims Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1086 (1808) wfo-1000058256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum beauharnaisianum Spadoni Nuov. Sp. Lino : t. 1 (1808) wfo-0000363883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum bellidifolium Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 48 (1875) wfo-0000363884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum berlandieri var. berendieri Hook. – wfo-0001392717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum biebersteinii Spreng. Gartenzeitung (Halle) 3: 133 (1805) wfo-0000363871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum bithynicum Azn. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 167 (1897) wfo-0000363879
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum brevipes Bornm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 144 (1917) wfo-0000363880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum broteri Hoffmanns. ex Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 758 (1820) wfo-0000363837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum campanulatum Anon. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1889: 45 (1889) — wfo-1200073151
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum campanulatum M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 255 (1808) wfo-1200073150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum catharticum subsp. catharticum – – — wfo-1200108678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 9 (1908) wfo-0000363827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum complanatum Gromov ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 8: 159 (1883) wfo-0000363557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum croceum Jáv. Magyar Bot. Lapok 9: 147 (1910) wfo-0000363542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum crystallinum Grenier – — wfo-0001443414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum cumingii G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 20(10): t. 1996. 1833 [Dec 1833] wfo-0000363537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum cuspidatum Raf. New Fl. 4: 66 (1838) wfo-0000363545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum czerniaevii Klokov – — wfo-0001073541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum davuricum Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 752 (1820) wfo-0000363512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum depressum Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 758 (1820) wfo-0000363488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum elegans var. elegans – – — wfo-1200108134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum empetrifolium Schott & Kotschy Asie Min., Bot. (P.A. Tchichatscheff) 1: 143. 1860 wfo-0000363474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum erectum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 123 (1923) wfo-0000363477
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum fasciculatum Mart. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 51 (1841) wfo-0000363482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum fastigiatum Tausch Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 244 (1828) wfo-0000363483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum flavum Hablitz Descr. Phys. Taur. : 150 (1788) wfo-1200073142
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum flexuosum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 51 (1841) wfo-0000363503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum gallicum Sm. Fl. Graec. 4: 3 (1823) wfo-1200073145
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum hirsutum var. glabrescens Rochel Bot. Reise Banat 62 1838 wfo-1200097342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum hirsutum var. nudifolium Wierzb. Flora 23(1): 368 1840 wfo-1200097284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum hungaricum Podp. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 636 (1902) wfo-0000363283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum immaculatae Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 74: 363, nomen. 1927 wfo-0001353542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum lignosum Stapf – — wfo-1200073122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum linearifolium Jáv. – — wfo-0001073542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum littorale f. glandulosum (A.St.-Hil.) Urb. – wfo-0001323632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum luschasii Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. ii. 22 (1886) wfo-0000363249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum macraei Hook. Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5474 (1864) wfo-0000363259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum marginale A.Cunn. ex Planch. London J. Bot. 7: 169. 1848 wfo-0000363257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum marginale var. marginale – – wfo-0001398125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum microphyllum Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 122 (1923) wfo-1000058220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum monopetalum Stephan Enum. Stirp. Agr. Mosq. : 214 (1792) wfo-0000363275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum mysorense B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1507. 1829 wfo-0000363261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum narbonense Desf. Fl. Atlant. 1: 279 (1798) wfo-1200073113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum narbonense Pall. ex M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 254 (1808) wfo-1200073112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum narbonense Suter Helvet. Fl. 1: 184 (1802) wfo-1200073114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum nestleri Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 6(2): 757 (1909) wfo-0000363266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum organense Gardner London J. Bot. 4: 100 (1845) wfo-0000363388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum parviflorum Medik. Bot. Beob. 1783 : 145 (1784) wfo-0000363376
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum perenne Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 386 (1827) wfo-1200073137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum perenne Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 66 (1779) wfo-1200073131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum perenne Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 550 (1787) wfo-1200073132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum perenne subsp. perenne – – — wfo-1200108672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum procumbens Steud. ex Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 9: 280 (1854) — wfo-1200073138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced 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
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum puberulum A.Heller Pl. World 1: 22. 1897 wfo-0001073475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum refractum Raf. New Fl. 4: 64 (1838) wfo-0000363338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum rubrum Raf. Caratt. Nuov. Gen. : 74 (1810) wfo-0000363326
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 sardoum Moris Fl. Sardoa 1: 358 (1837) wfo-0000363323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum scariosum Scheele Flora 26: 433 (1843) wfo-0000363330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum serotinum Pall. Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 2: 80 (1801) wfo-0000363361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum squamulosum J.Rudolph – — wfo-0001073543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum strictum subsp. strictum – – — wfo-1200107964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum suaedifolium Planch. London J. Bot. 7: 168 (1848) wfo-0000365986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum tauricum subsp. linearifolium (Lindem.) Petrova Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 23. 1973 wfo-0001073544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum teneriffae Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 150 (1828) wfo-0000366419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum tenue Munby Fl. Algérie Cat. Pl. : 33 (1847) wfo-1200073156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum tetragynum Colebr. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1506. 1829 wfo-0000366413
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum ucranicum subsp. ucranicum – – — wfo-1200107890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum uniflorum Kit. Linnaea 32: 574 (1864) wfo-0000366363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum verticillatum L. Sp. Pl. : 281 (1753) wfo-0000366395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Linum wetschkyanum Fiek Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 233 (1895) wfo-0000366451