Linnaea borealis

Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis, Melhus Kommune, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Linnaeoideae
Genus: Linnaea
Species: Linnaea borealis
Subspecies: L. b. subsp. borealis – L. b. subsp. longiflora

Name

Linnaea borealis L. (1753)

Synonymy

• Linnaea albiloba Brenner
• Linnaea americana Forbes
• Linnaea amoenula Wittr. apud Brenner
• Linnaea australis Hoffmannsegg
• Linnaea foveolata Brenner
• Linnaea jugosa Brenner
• Linnaea longiflora Howell
• Linnaea parvisignata Brenner
• Linnaea pseudoproterantha Pampan.
• Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner
• Linnaea roseoalba Brenner
• Linnaea rotundata Brenner
• Linnaea serpyllifolia Rydb.
• Linnaea subconfluens Brenner
• Linnaea subjugosa Brenner
• Linnaea subsulcata Brenner
• Linnaea subviolascens Brenner
• Linnaea sulcata Brenner
• Linnaea tenuiflora Brenner
• Linnaea tenuisignata Brenner
• Linnaea tenuisulcata Brenner
• Linnaea vicina Wittr. apud Brenner
• Obolaria borealis (L.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Austria, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, N- & C-European Russia, Ukraine, Sweden Continental: Asia-Temperate Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (Kuril Isl., Sakhalin), China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, ?Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang), Mongolia, North Korea Continental: Northern America Alaska, Aleutes, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 631. Reference page. 
• Giger, E. 1912: Linnaea borealis L., eine monographische Studie Zürich [1].
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Linnaea borealis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Linnaea borealis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Aug 2012.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Linnaea borealis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 13 2012.
• Wittrock, V.B. 1907. Linnæa borealis L., species polymorpha et polychroma. Linnæa borealis L., en mångformig art. Acta Horti Bergiani 4(7): 1–187. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: لينيا شمالية
čeština: Zimozel severní
Cymraeg: Blodyn deuben
dansk: Linnæa
Deutsch: Moosglöckchen
English: Twinflower
Esperanto: Lineo-kloŝo
español: Flor gemela
eesti: Harakkuljus
فارسی: لینه
suomi: Vanamo
français: Linnée boréale
Frysk: Linnaeusklokje
hornjoserbsce: Prawy mochowy zwónčk
italiano: Linnea
日本語: リンネソウ
қазақша: Терістік линнея
한국어: 린네풀
lietuvių: Šiaurinė linėja
latviešu: Ziemeļu linneja
Nederlands: Linnaeusklokje
norsk nynorsk: Linnea
norsk: Linnea
polski: Zimoziół północny
پنجابی: لنیا
русский: Линнея северная
davvisámegiella: Vándádivga
svenska: Linnea
українська: Ліннея північна
Tiếng Việt: Hoa kép
中文: 北极花

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