Linum elegans

Linum elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Linaceae
Subfamilia: Linoideae
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum elegans

Name

Linum elegans Spruner ex Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 99 (1854).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Linum iberidifolium Aucher ex Planch., London J. Bot. 7: 515 (1848).
    • Linum elegans var. iberidifolium (Aucher) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 562 (1932).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia [Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum nonnullis Europaeis Boreali-Africanisque additis. ser. 2, no. 1. 120 pp. Neocomi [Como]: Henricus Wolfrath. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ockendon, D.J. & Walters, S.M. 1968. Linum. Pp. 206–211 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. xxvii + 455 pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page. 
• Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1989. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 4: Dicotyledones (Lauraceae – Rhamnaceae). cxxix + 458 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève, ISBN 2-8277-0154-5. Online version. Reference page. 
• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Linum elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Linum elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 April 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Linum elegans. Published online. Accessed: April 1 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Linum elegans. Accessed: 1 April 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Linum elegans in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 1.

Vernacular names

беларуская: нежен лен

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