Linum grandiflorum

Linum grandiflorum

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
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum grandiflorum

Name

Linum grandiflorum Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 278 (1798).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adenolinum grandiflorum (Desf.) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 55: 2 (1984).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Svetlova, A.A. 2009. Таксономический обзор рода Linum L. (Linaceae) флоры России и сопредельных государств (The taxonomic review of the genus Linum L. (Linaceae) of the flora of Russia and adjacent states). Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 41: 99–165. DJVU, entire volume Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Linum grandiflorum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 21.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Linum grandiflorum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct 21.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Linum grandiflorum. Published online. Accessed 21 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Linum grandiflorum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: red flax, scarlet flax, and crimson flax
suomi: Punapellava

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