Linum volkensii

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 volkensii

Name

Linum volkensii Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 226 (1895).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Linum holstii Engl. ex R.Wilczek, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 311 (1955).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Cameroon, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Smith, D.L. (1966) Flora of Tropical East Africa: Linaceae. London: Crown Agents for Overseas Governments &​ Administrations. 11 pp. ISBN 978-1-84246-281-2 [2000 Kew Reprint] Reference page. 
• Thulin, M. (ed.) 1993. Flora of Somalia. Vol. 1. Pteridophyta; Gymnospermae; Angiospermae (Annonaceae–Fabaceae). Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0-947643-55-9. Reference page. 
• Wood, J.R.I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen Flora. VI + 434 + 40 pp. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-31-8. Reference page. 
• Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. 2000. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Volume 2, Part 1: Magnoliaceae to Flacourliaceae. 532 pp. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-971285-2-0. Reference page. 
• Onana, J.M. 2011. The vascular plants of Cameroon: a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments. Flore du Cameroun 39: 1–195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Linum volkensii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Linum volkensii. Published online. Accessed: August 18 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Linum volkensii. Accessed: 18 August 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Linum volkensii. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 18. Reference page.