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
Subfamilia: Linoideae
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. TDWG – 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. Full issue DJVU 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. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Linum grandiflorum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. Reference page. 
• 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: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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

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