338.0000 Family Linaceae DC. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 107 (1818), nom. cons.

14 genera, ca. 280 spp.

Species listed in database: 281; hybrids: 1

338.0201 Genus Linum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 277 (1753)

Distribution: Temperate and subtropical regions, esp. Mediterranean (ca. 80)

Species listed in database: 195; hybrids: 1

species :

Linum acuticarpum C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 712 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum adustum E.Mey. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 492 (1848)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum aethiopicum Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 57 (1794)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Linopsis aethiopica Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

species :

Linum africanum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 280 (1753)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Linopsis africana (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum acuminatum E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 199 (1843)

= Linum bartlingii Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 35 (1835)

= Linum gracile Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 496 (1848)

= Linum juniperifolium Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 35 (1835)

= Mesynium africanum (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1837)

species :

Linum aksehirense Tugay & Ulukuş; PhytoKeys 136: 25 (2019)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum alatum (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

Name: Winged flax

Distribution: USA (Louisiana, Texas)

77 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum alatum Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 81 (1907)

= Linum berlandieri var. plotzii Trel.; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5: 16 (1887)

= Linum marginatum Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 663 (1903), nom. illeg.

= Linum spinescens Lundell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 29: 474 (1943)

= Mesynium alatum (Small) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum album Kotschy ex Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 27 (1846)

Distribution: Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Syria (C-Syrian Desert)

34 IRN SYR

species :

Linum allredii Sivinski & M.O.Howard; Phytoneuron 2011-33: 1 (2011)

Distribution: USA (New Mexico: Eddy Co.)

77 USA

species :

Linum alpinum Jacq.; Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 229 (1762)

subspecies :

subsp. alpinum

Distribution: Switzerland; Liechtenstein; N-Spain (Pyrénées, Cordillera Cantabrica); Andorra; France; Italy; Bulgaria; NE-Greece (Rodopi, Mt. Falakron)

11 LIE SWI 12 ADO FRA SPA 13 BUL GRC ITA

Remarks: austriacum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum alpicola Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Adenolinum alpinum (Jacq.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837), et Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 65 (1838)

= Adenolinum provinciale Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 350 (1868)

= Adenolinum pyrenaicum Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum alpinum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 1672 (1763)

= Linum austriacum DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 6: 615 (1815)

= Linum bavaricum Schult.; Flora 21: 643 (1838)

= Linum narbonense Suter; Helvet. Fl. 1: 184 (1802)

= Linum perenne Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 66 (1779)

= Linum perenne subsp. alpinum (Jacq.) Stoj. & Stef.; Fl. Bulg. [Stojanov & Stefanoff] 708 (1925)

= Linum transsilvanicum Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 128 (1866)

subspecies :

subsp. bertolonii Guarino & Pignatti; Fl. Ital. [Pignatti] 2: 420 (2017)

Distribution: Italy

13 ITA

subspecies :

subsp. collinum (Guss. ex Boiss.) J.-M.Tison; Biocosme Mésogéen 27(4): 124 (2010)

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; France; Italy; Sicily

12 FRA POR SPA 13 ITA SIC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum austriacum subsp. collinum (Boiss.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 125 (1878)

= Linum austriacum var. collinum Guss. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 864 (1869)

= Linum collinum (Guss. ex Boiss.) Hausskn.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 5: 60 (1893)

= Linum collinum Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 808 (1845)

= Linum limanense Lamotte; Prodr. Fl. Plat. Centr. 1: 157 (1876)

= Linum perenne var. collinum (Guss. ex Boiss.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 1: 81 (1974)

= Linum provinciale Jord.; Observ. Pl. Nouv. 7: 17 (1849)

= Linum ruscinonense Timb.-Lagr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 509 (1860)

= Linum squamulosum subsp. collinum (Guss. ex Boiss.) Naum.-Svetl.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47: 53 (2016)

subspecies :

subsp. gracilius (Bertol.) Pignatti; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32(2): 218 (1975)

Distribution: Italy

13 ITA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum alpinum var. gracilius Bertol.; Fl. Ital. [Bertoloni] 3: 540 (1839)

subspecies :

subsp. julicum (Hayek) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 16 (1924)

Distribution: France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia

12 FRA 13 CRO ITA SLV

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum julicum Hayek; Abh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(2): 109 (1907)

subspecies :

subsp. laeve (Scop.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 125 (1878)

Distribution: ?Italy; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Bulgaria

13 BIH BUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum montanum Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 65 (1854)

= Linum alpinum subsp. montanum (W.D.J.Koch) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 54 (1894)

= Linum alpinum var. pseudomontanum Pignatti; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32: 216 (1975)

= Linum laeve Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 231 (1772)

= Linum montanum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 427 (1824), nom. illeg.

= Linum perenne subsp. montanum (W.D.J.Koch) Ockendon; Feddes Repert. 74: 20 (1967)

subspecies :

subsp. pirinicum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 56 (1973)

Distribution: Bulgaria

13 BUL

species :

Linum altaicum Ledeb. ex Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 717 (1949)

subspecies :

subsp. altaicum

Distribution: Siberia (Altai, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China (Xinjiang); Mongolia

30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TZK 36 CHI 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum altaicum Fisch. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 51, nomen (1841)

= Linum kirgisicum Alef.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 255 (1867)

subspecies :

subsp. atricalyx (Juz.) Svetlova; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 37: 128 (2005)

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan

32 KGZ TZK

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum atricalyx Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 719 (1949)

species :

Linum amurense Alef.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 251 (1867)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Primorye); China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi)

30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI

species :

Linum appressum Caball.; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 4: 426 (1944)

subspecies :

subsp. appressum

Distribution: C-Spain

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum milletii subsp. appressum (Caball.) Rivas Mart.; Itinera Geobot. 15: 704 (2002)

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. appressum (Caball.) Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 34: 548 (1978)

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. appressum (Caball.) Rivas Mart.; Publ. Inst. Biol. Aplicada 43: 76 (1967)

= Linum tenuifolium var. appressum (Caball.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 1: 81 (1974)

subspecies :

subsp. commutatum Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 507 (2015)

Distribution: NW-Spain

12 SPA

subspecies :

subsp. permixtum Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 507 (2015)

Distribution: NE-Spain; S-France

12 FRA SPA

species :

Linum arboreum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

Name: Gelber Strauch-Lein (DE); Tree Flax (EN)

Distribution: Greece (Kiklades: Astipaleia); Crete (widespread); East Aegaean Isl. (Tilos, Timi, Chalki, Rhodos, Kasos, Karpathos); Turkey (SW-Anatolia)

13 GRC KRI 34 EAI TUR

Remarks: arboreum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum globulariifolium Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 445 (1814)

= Linum simsii Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 512 (1848)

= Xantholinum arboreum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

species :

Linum arenicola (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

Name: Sand flax

Distribution: USA (Florida)

78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum arenicolum Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 75 (1907)

species :

Linum aretioides Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 55 (1843)

Distribution: Turkey (W-Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Linum aristatum Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 101 (1848)

Name: Bristle flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)

73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum aristatum (Engelm.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 83 (1907)

= Mesynium aristatum (Engelm.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum aroanium Boiss. & Orph.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 96 (1854)

Distribution: North Macedonia; Greece (scattered mountains of NW-, NC-, C-Greece, Peloponnisos, Evvoia); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia); Lebanon (C-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains)

13 GRC NMA 34 LEB SYR TUR

Remarks: nervosum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum cassium Rech.f.; Ark. Bot., a. s. 1: 3 12 (1950)

species :

Linum australe A.Heller; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 627 (1898)

Name: Southern flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum australe (A.Heller) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 81 (1907)

= Linum aristatum var. australe (A.Heller) Kearney & Peebles; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 485 (1939)

= Mesynium australe (A.Heller) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

variant :

var. glandulosum C.M.Rogers; Sida 1: 336 (1964)

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Texas); Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, México State, México Distrito Federal, Puebla)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Mesynium australe subsp. glandulosum (C.M.Rogers) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum austriacum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 278 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. austriacum

Name: Österreichischer Lein (DE)

Distribution: Denmark [I]; Luxembourg; Germany [I]; Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; France [I]; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (NC-Greece, Thessalia, Chalkidiki, Mt. Falakron, Mt. Athos); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Kazakhstan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, WN-Anatolia); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Canada [I] (Ontario [I])

10 den 11 AUT CZE ger HUN LUX POL SLO SWI 12 fra 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS NMA ROM SRB TUE 14 RUS UKR 32 KAZ 34 IRN TUR 72 cdn

Remarks: austriacum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum austriacum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837), et Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 66 (1838)

= Adenolinum barbatulum (Lange ex Rchb.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 73 (1838)

= Adenolinum marginatum (Rchb.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837), et Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 73 (1838)

= Adenolinum squamulosum (Willd.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 66 (1838)

= Linum alpinum Pall.; Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. 49 (1795)

= Linum alpinum subsp. austriacum (L.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 54 (1894), nom. illeg.

= Linum angustifolium G.Lodd.; Bot. Cab. 15: t. 1543 (1830)

= Linum austriacum subsp. squamulosum (Willd.) Velen.; Fl. Bulg. [Velenovský] 98 (1891)

= Linum austriacum var. squamulosum (Rud.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 864 (1867)

= Linum barbulatum Lange ex Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 832 (1832)

= Linum marginatum Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 832 (1832)

= Linum montanum Lorey & Durieu ex Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 1: 125 (1878)

= Linum perenne Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 386 (1827)

= Linum perenne subsp. austriacum (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona, Ser. 3, 42(6): 42 (1973)

= Linum perenne var. austriacum (L.) Jess.; Deut. Excurs.-Fl. 264 (1879)

= Linum saxicola Jord.; Cat. Graines Jard. Dijon 28 (1848)

= Linum trinervium Freyn; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 26: 228 (1876)

subspecies :

subsp. gaetulum Humbert; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 231 (1928)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria

20 ALG MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum austriacum subvar. alboviolaceum Maire; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 21-22: 29 (1930)

subspecies :

subsp. marschallianum (Juz.) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12: 45 (1982)

Distribution: Crimea

14 KRY

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum marschallianum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 721 (1949)

subspecies :

subsp. mauritanicum (Pomel) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12: 45 (1982)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria

20 ALG MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum austriacum subsp. gomaricum Font Quer; Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona, Ser. 3, 22(18): 18 (1931)

= Linum austriacum var. mauritanicum (Pomel) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 24: 207 (1932)

= Linum mauritanicum Pomel; Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Algérie 11: 214 (1874)

subspecies :

subsp. squamulosum (Juz.) comb.ined.

Distribution: Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia

14 KRY 33 ARM GEO NCS

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum austriacum subsp. euxinum (Juz.) Ockendon; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 74: 21 (1967)

= Adenolinum squamulosum (Rudolphi ex Willd.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 66 (1854)

= Linum euxinum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 721 (1949)

= Linum squamulosum Rudolphi ex Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 1: 338 (1809)

subspecies :

subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12: 45 (1982)

Distribution: Italy; Slovenia

13 ITA SLV

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum tommasinii Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 6: 66 (1844)

= Linum squamulosum subsp. tommasinii (Rchb.) Naum.-Svetl.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47: 52 (2016)

= Linum tommasinii (Rchb.) Nyman; Syll. Fl. Eur. 218 (1855)

species :

Linum ayliniae Yılmaz; Novon 26(2): 174 (2018)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum bahamense Northr.; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 42 (1902)

Distribution: Bahamas (Andros Isl., New Providence Isl., Eleuthera Isl., Abaco Isl., Grand Bahama Isl.)

81 BAH

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum bahamense (Northr.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 75 (1907)

= Cathartolinum bracei Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25(1): 75 (1907)

= Cathartolinum lignosum (Stapf) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 75 (1907)

= Linum bahamense var. bracei (Small) C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 107 (1963)

= Linum bracei (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

= Linum lignosum (Stapf) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

= Linum lignosum Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 22 (1886)

variant :

var. corallicola (Small) C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 107 (1968)

Name: Rock flax (Bahamas)

Distribution: Bahamas

81 BAH

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum corallicola Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 74 (1907)

= Linum bahamense f. corallicola (Small) C.M.Rogers; Rhodora 70: 440 (1968)

= Linum corallicola (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

species :

Linum basarabicum (Savul. & Rayss) Klokov ex Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 133 (1949)

Distribution: European Russia; Moldova; W-Ukraine

14 MLD RUS UKR

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum flavum var. basarabicum Savul. & Rayss; Mat. Fl. Basarab. 3: 140 (1934)

= Linum flavum subsp. basarabicum (Savul. & Rayss) Svetlova; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 38: 150 (2006)

species :

Linum berlandieri Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 3480 (1836)

Name: Berlandier´s yellow flax

Distribution: USA (Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

73 USA 74 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum berlandieri (Hook.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 82 (1907)

= Cathartolinum sanctum (Small) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 82 (1907)

= Linum annuum Nees; Reise Bras. [Wied-Neuwied] 2: 431 (1821)

= Linum arkansanum Osterh.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 644 (1901)

= Linum plotzii Hook.; Bot. Mag. sub t. 3480 (1836)

= Linum rigidum var. berlandieri (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 204 (1838)

= Linum sanctum Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 664, 1332 (1903)

= Mesynium texense Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1836)

variant :

var. filifolium (Shinners) C.M.Rogers; N. Amer. Fl., Ser. 2, 12: 39 (1984)

Name: Berlandier´s yellow flax

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum rigidum var. filifolium Shinners; Field & Lab. 17: 136 (1949)

species :

Linum betsiliense Baker; J. Bot. 20: 48 (1882)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

species :

Linum bienne Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Linum n 8 (1768)

Name: Schmalblättriger Lein, Zweijähriger Lein (DE); Pale Flax (EN); Lino blanco (ES)

Distribution: England (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland [I], Isles of Scilly); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Channel Isl.; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread, incl. almost all islands); Crete; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Terceira); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Georgia [Caucasus]; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, NW-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert); Jordania (W-Jordania); New Zealand [I]; Chatham Isl. [I]; Hawaii [I] (Maui [I]); Canada [I] (British Columbia [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I]); Argentina [I]; Chile [I] (Antofagasta [I], Atacama [I], Coquimbo [I], Valparaíso [I], Metropolitana de Santiago [I], O´Higgins [I], Maule [I], Ñuble [I], Biobío [I], Araucanía [I], Los Rios [I], Los Lagos [I])

10 GRB IRE 11 ger 12 ADO BAL CIS COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PTL SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 KRY 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 21 AZO CNY MDR 33 GEO 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR 51 ctm nzl 63 haw 71 cdn 73 usa 75 usa 76 usa 85 arg cle

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum angustifolium (Huds.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Cathartolinum agreste (Brot.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum acuminatum Moench; Methodus [Moench] 287 (1794)

= Linum affine Panz. ex Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 737 (1820)

= Linum agrestre Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 1: 481 (1804)

= Linum ambiguum Jord.; Cat. Graines Jard. Dijon 1848: 27 (1848)

= Linum angustifolium Huds.; Fl. Angl. [Hudson], ed. 2: 134 (1778)

= Linum angustifolium subvar. nanum Rouy & Foucaud; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 63 (1897)

= Linum angustifolium var. cribrosum (Rchb.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 64 (1897)

= Linum angustifolium var. siculum (C.Presl) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 63 (1897)

= Linum angustifolium var. submicranthum Hochr.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 156 (1904)

= Linum arvense Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 2: 333 (1901)

= Linum austriacum Sims; Bot. Mag. t. 1086 (1808) non L.

= Linum bienne var. papillosum Molero & Romo; Monogr. Inst. Piren. Ecol. 4 (Homenaje Pedro Montserrat): 272 (1988)

= Linum cribrosum Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 6: 63 (1844)

= Linum hispanicum Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 7 (1768)

= Linum marginatum Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 443 (1814)

= Linum multicaule Hedw. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 485 (1821)

= Linum narbonense Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 279 (1798)

= Linum perenne Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 2: 550 (1787) non L.

= Linum pyrenaicum Pourr.; Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 322 (1788)

= Linum tenuifolium With.; Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 3, 2: 322 (1796) non L.

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. angustifolium (Huds.) Bonnier; Fl. Ill. France 72 (1913), isonym

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. angustifolium (Huds.) Thell.; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg, Sér. 4, 38: 361 (1912)

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. bienne (Mill.) Stank.; Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 113: 61 (1987)

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. hispanicum (Mill.) Thell.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11(274-278): 75 (1912)

= Linum usitatissimum var. bienne (Mill.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 21 (1924)

= Linum usitatissimum var. cribrosum (Rchb.) C.Martinez; nom. inval.

= Linum usitatissimum var. imperforatum Strobl

= Linum usitatissimum var. stenophyllum (Boiss.) Rech.f.; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 106: 17 (1974)

variant :

var. siculum (C.Presl) Giardina & Raimondo; Bocconea 20: 12 (2007)

Distribution: Sicily

13 SIC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum siculum C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. [Presl] 171 (1826)

= Linum usitatissimum var. siculum (C.Presl) Rouy; comb. inval.

species :

Linum boissieri Asch. & Sint. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier], Suppl. 137 (1888)

Distribution: Turkey (SW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

species :

Linum brachypetalum O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 119 (1939)

Distribution: Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (N-Inner Yemen)

35 SAU YEM

species :

Linum brevifolium A.St.-Hil. & Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 11, 18: 30 (1842)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Rivera)

84 BRA 85 URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum brevifolium f. majus Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 462 (1877)

= Linum brevifolium f. oppositifolium Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 462 (1877)

= Linum brevifolium f. rigidum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 462 (1877)

= Linum brevifolium f. squamifolium (Schiede) Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 462 (1877)

= Linum oligophyllum var. glandulosum Schiede; Linnaea 1: 68 (1826)

= Linum oligophyllum var. squamifolium Schiede; Linnaea 1: 68 (1826)

species :

Linum brevistylum C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 720 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum burkartii Mildner; Phytologia 23(5): 439 (1972)

Distribution: Uruguay (Florida); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios)

85 ARG URU

species :

Linum caespitosum Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 216 (1806)

Distribution: Crete (Lefka Ori, etc.)

13 KRI

Remarks: arboreum agg.

species :

Linum campanulatum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 280 (1753)

Name: Glocken-Lein

Distribution: NE-Spain; France; NW- & C-Italy

12 FRA SPA 13 ITA

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum glandulosum Moench; Methodus [Moench] 287 (1794)

= Linum rochelianum Gand.; Dec. Pl. Nov. [Gandoger] 1: 48 (1875)

= Xantholinum campanulatum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

species :

Linum capitatum Schult.; Oesterr. Fl., ed. 2: 1: 528 (1814)

subspecies :

subsp. capitatum

Distribution: Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare mountains of NE- & C-Greece)

13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS MNT NMA SRB

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum capitatum f. minimum Petrova; Izv. Bot. inst. (Sofia) 23: 31 (1973)

= Linum capitatum var. laxiflorum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 31 (1973)

= Xantholinum capitatum (Kit. ex Schult.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

subspecies :

subsp. serrulatum (Bertol.) Hartvig; Mountain Fl. Greece [Strid] 1: 556 (1986)

Distribution: Italy; North Macedonia; Albania; NW-Greece (Mt. Grammos, Mt. Smolikas)

13 ALB GRC ITA NMA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum serrulatum Bertol.; Giorn. Arcadico Sci. 37: 59 (1828)

species :

Linum cariense Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 86 (1844)

Distribution: Turkey (Inner Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

species :

Linum carneum A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 1: 132 (1832)

Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Colonia, Florida); Argentina (Entre Rios, Formosa)

84 BRA 85 ARG URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Nezera carnea (A.St.-Hil.) Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 65 (1838)

= Linum formosum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 460 (1858)

species :

Linum carnosulum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 104 (1849)

Distribution: Lebanon (C-Lebanon)

34 LEB

Remarks: austriacum agg.

species :

Linum carratracense (Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 257 (2015)

Distribution: S-Spain (Malaga)

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum var. carratracensis (Rivas Goday & Rivas-Martinez) G.López; Mem. Soc. Bot. Genève 1: 107 (1979)

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. carratracense Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 187 (1969)

species :

Linum carteri Small; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 424 (1905)

Name: Carter´s flax

Distribution: USA (Florida)

78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum rigidum var. carteri (Small) C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 101 (1963)

= Cathartolinum carteri (Small) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 81 (1907)

species :

Linum catharticum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 281 (1753)

Name: Purgier-Lein (DE), Fairy Flax (EN)

Distribution: Iceland; Faeroe Isl.; England (England, Wales, Isle of Man, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, St. Kilda Isl., Orkney Isl., Shetland Isl., Isles of Scilly); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl. (Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark); Corsica; Italy; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (mountains of N- & C-Greece, Mt. Chelmos, Mt. Pelion, Mt. Athos, Thasos); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Siberia (W-Siberia); Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SE-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, W-Iran); Australia [I] (Tasmania [I]); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I] (New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (Massachusetts [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], New Hampshire [I], New York [I], Pennsylvania [I], Vermont [I]); Argentina [I] (Tierra del Fuego [I]); Chile [I] (Magallanes [I])

10 DEN FIN FOR GRB ICE IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO CIS COR FRA POR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 MOR 30 SIB 32 TZK 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN IRQ TUR 50 aus 51 nzl 72 cdn 75 usa 85 arg cle

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum catharticum (L.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 74 (1907)

= Cathartolinum pratense Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum catharticum f. leve (Rohlena) C.W.Christ. & Werner Christ.; Fl. Kiel [J. A. Christiansen et al.] 138 (1922)

= Linum catharticum f. simplex (Junge) C.W.Christ. & Werner Christ.; Fl. Kiel [J. A. Christiansen et al.] 138 (1922)

= Linum diversifolium Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 143 (1782), opus utique oppr.

= Nezera cathartica (L.) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913)

variant :

var. subalpinum Hausskn.; Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 6: 22 (1894)

Distribution: Slovakia; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Bulgaria; Greece (mountains of N-Greece)

11 SLO 13 BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT SLV SRB

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum catharticum subsp. suecicum (Hayek) Á.Löve; Phytologia 50(3): 172 (1982)

= Cathartolinum catharticum subsp. suecicum (Hayek) Dostál; Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 9 (1984), isonym

= Linum catharticum f. densum (Vollm.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 7 (1924)

= Linum catharticum subsp. suecicum Hayek ex Hayek; Fl. Steiermark 1: 621 (1909)

= Linum catharticum var. densum Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 496 (1914)

= Linum suecicum Hayek; Magyar Bot. Lapok 5(8-10): 278 (1906), nom. inval.

species :

Linum chaborasicum Mouterde; Nouv. Fl. Liban Syrie 2: 453, t. 189, no. 1 (1970)

Distribution: Syria (Jazira)

34 SYR

species :

Linum chamissonis Schiede; Linnaea 1: 69 (1826)

Name: Ñanco, ñancolahuén, retamilla, nanco, nancolahuén [Chile]

Distribution: Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Chile (Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía)

83 ECU GAL PER 85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum aquilinum var. grandiflorum Hook. & Arn.

= Linum bipunctatum Bartl. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 51 (1841)

= Linum macraei Hook.; Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5474 (1864)

= Linum macraei var. cumingii (G.Lodd. ex Drapiez) Urb.; Linnaea 40: 626 (1878)

= Linum macraei var. oligophyllum (Hook. & Arn.) Reiche; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 842 (1896)

= Linum oligophyllum Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 11 (1830), nom. illeg.

= Linum oligophyllum Willd. ex Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 758 (1820)

= Linum weberbaueri K.Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 277 (1908)

species :

Linum ciliatum Hayek; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 28: 160 (1914)

Distribution: Turkey (Inner Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

species :

Linum compactum A.Nelson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 241 (1904)

Name: Wyoming flax

Distribution: USA (Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum compactum (A.Nelson) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 81 (1907)

= Linum rigidum var. compactum (A.Nelson) C.M.Rogers; Sida 1: 336 (1964)

= Nezera compacta (A.Nelson) Lunell; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 238 (1918)

species :

Linum comptonii C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 714 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum corymbiferum Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 279 (1798)

subspecies :

subsp. corymbiferum

Distribution: Algeria; Tunisia

20 ALG TUN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum corymbiferum f. albiflorum Batt. ex Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 15 (1940)

= Linum corymbiferum f. aureum Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 15 (1940)

= Linum corymbiferum f. pallidum Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 15 (1940)

= Linum corymbiferum f. velutinum Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Dicot. 175 (1888)

subspecies :

subsp. aristidis (Batt.) Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] 1: 175 (1888)

Distribution: Algeria; Tunisia

20 ALG TUN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum aristidis Batt.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 337 (1886)

= Linum corymbiferum var. aristidis (Batt.) C.Martinez; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 558 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. asperifolium (Boiss. & Reut.) C.Martinez; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 557 (1957)

Distribution: Algeria; Tunisia

20 ALG TUN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum asperifolium Boiss. & Reut.; Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 25 (1852)

= Linum lambesanum Boiss. & Reut.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 5: 65 (1856)

= Linum corymbiferum subsp. lambesanum (Boiss. & Reut.) Martinez; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 557 (1957)

species :

Linum corymbulosum Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 834 (1832)

Name: Dichtblütiger Lein (DE); Clustered Flax (EN)

Distribution: Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; ?Malta; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread mainland, Ionian Isl., Kerkyra, Thasos, Samothraki, Limnos, Sporades, Kiklades: Naxos, Amorgos); Crete; European Russia; Crimea; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Dodecanese, Nisyros, Simi, Karpathos, Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iraq (NW-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Badakshan, Kunar / Nuristan, Logar, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Takhar); Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, N-Israel); Jordania (W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Asir); United Arab Emirates; Oman (Mascat & Oman); China (Xinjiang); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Waziristan, Peshawar, Chitral, Rawalpindi, Drosh, Baltistan, Hunza, Gilgit); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)

12 BAL COR FRA SAR SPA 13 BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR 35 OMA SAU UAE 36 CHI 40 IND PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum corymbulosum (Rchb.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum abyssinicum Hochst.; Flora 24(1. Intell.): 30 (1841)

= Linum liburnicum Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 230 (1771)

= Linum strictum subsp. corymbulosum (Rchb.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 60 (1897)

= Linum virgatum Salzm. ex Ball; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 379 (1878)

species :

Linum cratericolum Eliasson; Bot. Not. 121: 634 (1969)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Linum cremnophilum I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 62 (1929)

Distribution: Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama)

85 CLE

species :

Linum cruciatum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 499 (1848)

Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum gracilentum M.E.Jones; Contr. W. Bot. 15: 148 (1929)

= Cathartolinum cruciata (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 77 (1907)

species :

Linum cubense J.Bisse; Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 5(2): 148 (1984)

Distribution: Cuba

81 CUB

species :

Linum decumbens Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 278 (1798)

Name: Aufrechter Lein (DE); Ascending Flax (EN)

Distribution: Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; Greece (Kiklades: Astipaleia, Sirina); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt); Canary Isl. (Tenerife, La Palma); East Aegaean Isl. (Kasos, Karpathos, Chalki, Rhodos)

12 SAR 13 GRC ITA KRI MLT SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY 34 EAI

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum cribrosum var. gomezii Sennen & Mauricio ex Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 216 (1936)

= Linum cribrosum var. parviflorum Pamp.; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n. s. 31: 221 (1924)

= Linum gomezii (Sennen & Mauricio ex Maire) Sennen & Mauricio; Diagn. Nouv. 228 (1936)

species :

Linum densiflorum Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 146, t. 6B (1957)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan)

34 IRN TUR

Remarks: hirsutum agg.

species :

Linum doerfleri Rech.f.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 84: 147 (1935)

Distribution: Crete

13 KRI

Remarks: arboreum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum arboreum var. doerfleri (Rech.) Critop.; Problems Balkan Fl. & Veg. [Jordanov et al.] 172 (1975), without basionym ref.

species :

Linum dolomiticum Borbás; Természettud. Közl. 208, Sched. Fl. Hung. Exsicc. 1: 24 (1897)

Distribution: Hungary

11 HUN

Remarks: flavum agg., possibly to Linum elegans

species :

Linum elegans Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 99 (1854)

Distribution: Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (scattered mainland, Evvoia)

13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS MNT NMA SRB

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum elegans var. iberidifolium (Aucher) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30 (Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc.): 562 (1925)

= Linum euboeum Bornm.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 443 (1925) (tentative synonym fide Strid 2024)

= Linum iberidifolium Aucher ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 515 (1848)

species :

Linum elongatum (Small) Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

Name: Laredo flax

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum elongatum Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 82 (1907)

species :

Linum emirnense Bojer; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Île Maurice 12: 16 (1843)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum emirnense Hilsenb. & Bojer ex Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 598 (1886)

species :

Linum empetrifolium (Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss.) Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 28: 38 (1967)

Distribution: Turkey (Inner Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: austriacum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum carnosulum var. empetrifolium Schott & Kotschy ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 864 (1867)

species :

Linum erigeroides A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 1: 132 (1832)

Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay; Argentina (Entre Rios)

84 BRA 85 ARG URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum littorale f. corymbosum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 464, t. 99 fig. 2 (1877)

species :

Linum ertugrulii Tugay, Bağcı & Uysal; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 47(2): 135 (2010)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum esterhuyseniae C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 714 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum filiforme Urb.; Linnaea 41: 643 (1877)

Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija)

83 BOL ECU PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum oligophyllum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 486 (1848)

species :

Linum flagellare (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum flagellare Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 78 (1907)

= Linum coahuilense C.M.Rogers; Rhodora 66: 279 (1964)

species :

Linum flavum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. flavum

Name: Gelber Lein

Distribution: Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Rheinland-Pfalz [I]); Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I])

11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO 13 BIH BUL CRO ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR KRY RUS UKR 33 NCS 34 TUR 50 aus

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum arboreum Pall. ex M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 255 (1808)

= Linum capitatum Griseb. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 510 (1848)

= Linum flavum var. uninerve Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 6: 67 (1844)

= Linum uninerve (Rchb.) Jáv.; Magyar Bot. Lapok 9: 156 (1910) (probably synonym fide Strid 2024)

= Xantholinum flavum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

subspecies :

subsp. albanicum (Janch.) Hartvig; Mountain Fl. Greece [Strid] 1: 556 (1986)

Distribution: ?North Macedonia; Albania; Greece (scattered mountains of N-, NE- & C-Greece)

13 ALB GRC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum albanicum Janch.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 69: 169 (1920)

= Linum tauricum subsp. albanicum (Janch.) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12: 46 (1982)

subspecies :

subsp. scabrinerve (P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 38 (1967)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum scabrinerve P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 158 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. sparsiflorum (Stoj.) Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 37 (1973)

Distribution: Bulgaria

13 BUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum flavum var. sparsiflorum Stoj.; God. Sofiisk. Univ. Agron. Fak. 2: 137 (1924)

species :

Linum floridanum (Planch.) Trel.; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5: 13 (1886)

Name: Florida yellow flax

Distribution: USA (Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Jamaica

74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 81 JAM

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum floridanum (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 72 (1907)

= Cathartolinum jamaicense Small; Torreya 13: 63 (1913)

= Cathartolinum macrosepalum Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 73 (1907)

= Linum jamaicense (Small) Fawc. & Rendle; Fl. Jamaica [Fawcett & Rendle] 4: 159 (1920)

= Linum macrosepalum (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

= Linum macrosepalum Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 42 (1886)

= Linum virginianum var. floridanum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 480 (1848)

variant :

var. chrysocarpum C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 114 (1963)

Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)

78 USA

species :

Linum flos-carmini Ruiz-Martin, Mart.Labarga, Jim.Mejías & Pérez-Barr.; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 52(5-6): 391 (2015)

Distribution: Morocco

20 MOR

species :

Linum gaditanum Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015)

Distribution: S-Spain (Cadiz)

12 SPA

species :

Linum glaucum Boiss. & Noë; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 5: 66 (1856)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran)

34 IRN TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum alpinum var. glaucescens Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 865 (1867)

= Linum austriacum subsp. glaucescens (Boiss.) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 38 (1967)

= Linum sterile Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 42 (1886)

species :

Linum goulimyi Rech.f.; Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 93: 96 (1956)

Distribution: +Greece (+Evvoia)

13 GRC

Remarks: Status uncertain, flavum agg., known only from type collection, probably to Linum elegans

species :

Linum gracile Sm. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 169 (1848)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum grandiflorum Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 277 (1798)

Name: Flowering flax (EN), Großblütiger Lein (DE)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Spain [I]; France [I]; Greece [I]; ?Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Pakistan [I]; India [c]; Bangladesh [I]; USA [I] (California [I], Colorado [I], Florida [I], Kentucky [I], Nebraska [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Texas [I], Utah [I])

11 ger 12 fra spa 13 grc 20 ALG TUN 31 rfe 40 ban ind pak 73 usa 74 usa 75 usa 76 usa 77 usa 78 usa

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum grandiflorum (Desf.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 2 (1984)

species :

Linum guatemalense Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 67 (1844)

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica

79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum guatemalense (Benth.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 79 (1907)

species :

Linum gyaricum Vierh.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 103 (1919)

subspecies :

subsp. gyaricum

Distribution: Greece (Sporades: Kira Panagia, Gioura, Skantzoura)

13 GRC

subspecies :

subsp. icaricum Christod.; Nordic J. Bot. 15(2): 145 (1995)

Distribution: East Aegaean Isl. (Ikaria)

34 EAI

species :

Linum gypsogenium G.L.Nesom; Madroño 30(4): 252 (1983)

Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

species :

Linum harlingii Eliasson; Bot. Not. 121: 636 (1969)

Distribution: Galapagos

83 GAL

species :

Linum hellenicum Iatrou; Willdenowia 19: 69 (1989)

Distribution: S-Greece (SE-Peloponnisos)

13 GRC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum phitosianum Christod. & Iatroú; Phyton (Horn) 33(2): 289, 290 (1994) (fide Strid 2024)

species :

Linum heterosepalum Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 433 (1873)

Distribution: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; China (Xinjiang)

32 KAZ KGZ 36 CHI

species :

Linum heterostylum C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 713 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum hirsutum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 277 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. hirsutum

Name: Behaarter Lein

Distribution: Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; N-Greece (south to Mt. Olimbos); C-European Russia; Ukraine; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia)

11 AUT CZE HUN POL SLO 13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS NMA ROM SLV SRB TUE 14 RUS UKR 34 TUR

Remarks: hirsutum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum ascyrifolium Sims; Bot. Mag. t. 1087 (1808)

= Linum hirsutum subsp. lanuginosum (Juz.) T.V.Egorova; Fl. Vostochnoi Evropy 9: 358 (1996)

= Linum hirsutum var. longipedunculatum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 44 (1973)

= Linum hirsutum var. montanum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 43 (1973)

= Linum hirsutum var. racemosa Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 43 (1973)

= Linum hirsutum var. nudifolium Wierzb.; Flora 23(1): 368 (1840)

= Linum hirsutum var. slavjankae Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 43 (1973)

= Linum kotschyanum Hayek; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 28: 160 (1914)

= Linum lanuginosum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 723 (1949)

= Linum viscosum Hablitz ex M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 253 (1808)

subspecies :

subsp. anatolicum (Boiss.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30 (Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc.): 564 (1925)

Distribution: Armenia; Turkey

33 ARM 34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum anatolicum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 56 (1843)

subspecies :

subsp. bozdaghense Yılmaz & Kaynak; Novon 20(4): 507 (2010)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. byzantinum Azn.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 140 (1899)

Distribution: European Turkey

13 TUE

subspecies :

subsp. glabrescens Soó; Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 457 (1951)

Distribution: Slovakia; Hungary; Serbia; Kosovo; Bulgaria

11 HUN SLO 13 BUL KOS SRB

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum hirsutum var. glabrescens Rochel; Bot. Reise Banat 62 (1838)

= Linum pannonicum A.Kern.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 18: 228 (1868)

subspecies :

subsp. oreocaricum P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 143 (1957)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. pseudoanatolicum P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 38 (1967)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. spathulatum (Halácsy & Bald.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 30 (Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc.): 564 (1925)

Distribution: ?Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; N-Greece

13 ALB BUL GRC KOS NMA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum hirsutum var. spathulatum Halácsy & Bald.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 42: 576 (1892)

= Linum spathulatum (Halácsy & Bald.) Halácsy; Consp. Fl. Graec. 1: 258 (1900)

species :

Linum hologynum Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 833 (1832)

Distribution: Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (mountains of NW-, NC-Greece, Rodopi)

13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC KOS MNT NMA ROM SRB

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum monogynum Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 833 (1832)

species :

Linum hudsonioides Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 186 (1848)

Name: Texas flax

Distribution: USA (Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

74 USA 77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cerastium clawsonii Correll; Wrightia 4: 25 (1968)

= Linum selaginoides Torr. & A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 205 (1838)

= Mesynium hudsonioides (Planch.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum hypericifolium Salisb.; Parad. Lond., t. 79 (1806)

Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; NE-Turkey

33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR

Remarks: hirsutum agg.

species :

Linum imbricatum (Raf.) Shinners; Field & Lab. 25: 32 (1957)

Name: Tufted flax

Distribution: USA (Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)

74 USA 77 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum multicaule (Hook.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 84 (1907)

= Linum multicaule Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 678 (1838)

= Mesynium imbricatum (Raf.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

= Nezera imbricata Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 66 (1836)

species :

Linum intercursum E.P.Bicknell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 418 (1912)

Name: Sandplain flax

Distribution: USA (Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)

75 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum intercursum (E.P.Bicknell) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 84 (1907)

= Linum floridanum var. intercursum Weath.; Rhodora 18: 224 (1916)

species :

Linum iranicum Hausskn. ex Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 19: 222 (1906)

Distribution: Iran (SW-Iran)

34 IRN

species :

Linum jimenezii Pau; Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 2: 70 (1903), et ex Munuera, in Mem. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2: 80

subspecies :

subsp. jimenezii

Distribution: S-Spain

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. jimenezii (Pau) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 185 (1969)

= Linum tenuifolium var. jimenezii (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 1: 82 (1974)

subspecies :

subsp. willkommii Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015), nom. nov.

Distribution: S-Spain

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum var. angustifolium Lange; Pug. Pl. Hispan. 4: 135 (1866)

species :

Linum junceum A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 1: 134, t. 24 (1832)

Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, Tarija); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes)

83 BOL 85 ARG

species :

Linum katiae Peruzzi; Pl. Biosystems 145(4): 939 (2011)

Distribution: Italy

13 ITA

species :

Linum kaynakiae Yılmaz; Nordic J. Bot. 28(5): 606 (2010)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum keniense T.C.E.Fr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 555 (1923)

Distribution: ?Rwanda; S-Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania

24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA

species :

Linum khorassanicum Joharchi & Behrooz.; Phytotaxa 299(2): 161 (2017)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

species :

Linum kingii S.Watson; Botany (Fortieth Parallel) 49 (1871)

Name: King´s flax

Distribution: USA (Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

73 USA 76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum kingii (S.Watson) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 73 (1907)

= Cathartolinum sedoides (Porter) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 76 (1907)

= Linum kingii var. pinetorum M.E.Jones; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, 5: 628 (1895)

= Linum kingii var. sedoides Porter; Prelim. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Montana [Hayden] 474 (1872)

= Linum sedoides (Porter) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

= Mesyniopsis kingii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 70(4): 233 (1991)

species :

Linum komarovii Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 719 (1949)

subspecies :

subsp. komarovii

Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Irkutsk, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Magadan)

30 SIB 31 RFE

subspecies :

subsp. boreale (Juz.) T.V.Egorova; Fl. Vostochnoi Evropy 9: 354 (1996)

Distribution: E-European Russia; Siberia (Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia, Yakutia)

14 RUS 30 SIB

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum perenne var. boreale (Juz.) Serg.

= Linum boreale Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 718 (1949)

= Linum taymirense Peschkova; Fl. Sibir. (Geraniac.-Cornac.) 10: 28 (1996)

species :

Linum kurdicum (P.H.Davis) Naum.-Svetl.; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47: 56 (2016)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum punctatum subsp. kurdicum (P.H.Davis) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12: 45 (1982)

= Linum pycnophyllum subsp. kurdicum Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 138 (1957)

species :

Linum lasiocarpum Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 274 (1909). 12: 274 (1909)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)

79 MEX

species :

Linum leonii F.W.Schultz; Flora 21: 644 (1838)

Name: Lothringer Lein (DE)

Distribution: Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, +Saarland, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); France

11 GER 12 FRA

Remarks: austriacum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum leonii (F.W.Schultz) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 65 (1838)

= Linum alpinum subsp. leonii (F.W.Schultz) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 54 (1894)

= Linum alpinum var. collinum Gren.; Fl. France [Grenier] 1: 284 (1847)

= Linum loreyi Jord.; Cat. Graines Jard. Dijon 27 (1848)

= Linum perenne subsp. petryi (Beyer) Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 7: 205 (1914)

= Linum petryi Beyer; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 40: 91 (1899)

species :

Linum leucanthum Boiss. & Spruner; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 55 (1843)

Distribution: C-Greece (Evvoia, Attiki)

13 GRC

species :

Linum lewisii Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 210 (1813)

Name: Prairie flax

Distribution: Alaska; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Yukon); USA (Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington State, West Virginia, Wyoming); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas)

70 ASK CDN 71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum lewisii (Pursh) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Taxon 31(2): 348 (1982)

= Linum lewisii f. albiflorum (Cockerell) H.St.John; Fl. S.-e. Washington [St. John] 244 (1937)

= Linum lyallanum Alef.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 251 (1867)

= Linum perenne subsp. lewisii (Pursh) Hultén; Acta Univ. Lund., Ser. 2, 43, no. 1: 1122 (1947)

= Linum perenne var. lewisii (Pursh) Eaton & C.Wright; Man. Bot. [A.Eaton], ed. 8: 302 (1840)

= Linum sibiricum var. lewisii (Pursh) Lindl.; Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1163 (1828)

variant :

var. alpicola Jeps.; Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 2: 398 (1936)

Distribution: USA (California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)

73 USA 76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum lewisii var. saxosum Maguire & A.H.Holmgren; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 265 (1946)

= Linum perenne var. saxosum (Maguire & A.H.Holmgren) Reveal; Rhodora 70: 39 (1968)

variant :

var. lepagei (B.Boivin) C.M.Rogers; Phytologia 41(7): 448 (1979)

Distribution: Canada (Manitoba, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec)

70 CDN 71 CDN 72 CDN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum lepagei B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 75: 219 (1948)

= Linum lewisii f. lepagei (B.Boivin) Lepage; Naturaliste Canad. 84: 64 (1957)

= Linum lewisii subsp. lepagei (B.Boivin) Mosquin; Canad. J. Bot. 49(8): 1379 (1971)

= Linum perenne f. baldwinii B.Boivin; Phytologia 22: 351 (1972)

= Linum perenne var. lepagei (B.Boivin) B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 93: 643 (1966)

species :

Linum littorale A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 1: 133 (1832)

Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Florida, Rivera); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)

84 BRA 85 ARG URU

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum littorale f. bahiense Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 464 (1877)

= Linum littorale f. cuspidatum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 464 (1877)

= Linum littorale f. glomeratum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 463 (1877)

= Linum littorale f. panniculatum Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 464 (1877)

= Linum littorale var. glandulosum A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hilaire] 1: 134 (1825)

= Linum littorale var. glomeratum Urb.

= Linum littorale var. paniculatum Urb.

= Linum oligophyllum var. eglandulosum Schiede; Linnaea 1: 68 (1826)

= Linum palustre Gardner; London J. Bot. 4: 99 (1845)

variant :

var. oblongifolium (Urb.) C.M.Rogers; Phytologia 27(6): 440 (1974), without basionym ref., et Fl. Ilustr. Catar., 1(Linac.): 22 (1975)

Distribution: S-Brazil (Santa Catarina)

84 BRA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum junceum f. oblongifolium Urb.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(2): 467, t. 100, f. 2 (1877)

species :

Linum longipes Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 117 (1966)

Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Puebla)

79 MEX

species :

Linum lundellii C.M.Rogers; Sida 8(2): 184 (1979)

Name: Sullivan City flax

Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

species :

Linum macraei Benth.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 16: sub t. 1326 (1830)

Name: Ñancolahuén [Chile]

Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía)

85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum aquilinum Molina; Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili 150 (1782)

= Linum chilense Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1912 (1836)

= Linum chironioides Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 6: 118 (1854)

= Linum cumingii Lodd.; Bot. Cab. t. 1996 (1818)

= Linum macraei var. cumingii (Lodd.) Urb.; Linnaea 41: 626 (1877)

= Linum macraei var. olygophyllum (Hook. & Arn.) Reiche

= Mesynium chilense Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1837)

variant :

var. marticorenae Mildner; Phytologia 23(5): 439 (1972)

Distribution: Chile (Valparaíso, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío)

85 CLE

species :

Linum macrocarpum C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 109 (1963)

Name: Spring Hill flax

Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)

78 USA

species :

Linum macrorhizum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 714 (1949)

Distribution: Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan (Bamyan, Ghazni, Herat, Orozgan / Daykundi)

32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 34 AFG

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum karataviense Pavlov; Sovetsk. Bot. 1934(1): 25 (1934)

= Linum mesostylum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 714 (1949) ex Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 302 (1937), nomen

species :

Linum marginale A.Cunn.; Geogr. Mem. New South Wales [Field] 357 (1825)

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania); Norfolk Isl. [I]

50 AUS nfk

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum albidum Ewart & Jean White; Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, n. s. 23: 294 (1911)

= Linum angustifolium DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 426 (1824)

= Linum marginale A.Cunn. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 169 (1848)

= Linum marginale var. australe Wawra; Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 1: 40 (1883)

species :

Linum marianorum (Rivas Goday & Bellot) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 242 (2015)

subspecies :

subsp. marianorum

Distribution: C-Spain

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. marianorum Bellot & Rivas Goday; Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 142 (1946)

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. marianorum (Bellot & Rivas Goday) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 186 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. arundanum Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015)

Distribution: S-Spain (Sa. de Ronda, Sevilla, Grazalema)

12 SPA

species :

Linum maritimum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 280 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. maritimum

Name: Strand-Lein (DE)

Distribution: E-Austria; Germany [I]; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Greece (very rare coastal Thessalia, Peloponnisos); Morocco; Algeria; East Aegaean Isl. (Rhodos); Cyprus (S-Cyprus); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Negev Desert)

11 AUT ger 12 BAL COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 CRO GRC ITA SIC SLV 20 ALG MOR 34 CYP EAI ISR

Synonyms: hidden

= Alsolinum maritimum (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 349 (1868)

= Cathartolinum sardoum Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linopsis maritima (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum heterophyllum Moench; Methodus [Moench], Suppl. 99 (1802)

= Linum marinum Suffren; Pl. Frivul. 132 (1802)

= Linum muelleri Moris; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, reimpr. 1 (1839)

subspecies :

subsp. ligusticum (Rouy) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 615 (1937)

Distribution: France; Italy

12 FRA 13 ITA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum ligusticum Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 57 (1897)

species :

Linum marojejyense (Humbert) C.M.Rogers; Pl. Syst. Evol. 139(1-2): 156 (1981)

Distribution: Madagascar

29 MDG

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum emirnense subsp. marojejyense Humbert; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 6: 105 (1952)

species :

Linum mcvaughii C.M.Rogers; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 15: 205 (1982)

Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco)

79 MEX

species :

Linum medium (Planch.) Britton ex Britton & A.Brown; Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [Britton & Brown] 2: 849 (1897)

subspecies :

subsp. medium

Name: Stiff yellow flax

Distribution: Canada (Ontario); USA (New York, Pennsylvania)

72 CDN 75 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum medium (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 72 (1907)

= Linum striatum var. medium (Planch.) B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 93: 1061 (1967)

= Linum virginianum var. medium Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 480 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. texanum (Planch.) A.Haines; Stantec Bot. Notes 13(add.): 1 (2010)

Distribution: Canada (Ontario); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Bahamas

72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 81 BAH

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum curtissii (Small) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 72 (1907)

= Cathartolinum medium var. texanum (Planch.) Moldenke; Boissiera 7: 2 (1943)

= Linum curtissii Small; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 424 (1905)

= Linum striatum var. texanum (Planch.) B.Boivin; Naturaliste Canad. 93: 1061 (1967)

= Linum virginianum var. angustifolium Engelm.; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 26 (1852)

= Linum virginianum var. texanum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 480 (1848)

species :

Linum meletonis Hand.-Mazz.; Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 27: 62, t. 2, f. 2 (1913)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq)

34 IRQ TUR

Remarks: austriacum agg.

species :

Linum mexicanum Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 39 (1823)

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum mexicanum (Kunth) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 79 (1907)

= Mesynium mexicanum (Kunth) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 33 (1836)

species :

Linum milletii Sennen & Gonzalo; Pl. Espagne [Exsicc.] no. 5458 (1925)

Distribution: NE-Spain; Andorra; SW-France (Pyrénées)

12 ADO FRA SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. milletii (Sennen & Gonzalo) Romo; Pl. Vasc. Abella de la Conca 28 (1989)

= Linum suffruticosum var. milletii (Sennen & Gonzalo) G.López; Mém. Soc. Bot. Genève 1: 106 (1979)

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. milletii (Sennen & Barrau) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot; Fl. Man. Paísos Catalans 1214 (1990)

species :

Linum modestum C.M.Rogers; Rhodora 66: 406 (1964)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

species :

Linum monogynum G.Forst.; Fl. Ins. Austr. 23 (1786)

Distribution: New Zealand (widespread); Chatham Isl.

51 CTM NZL

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum monogynum var. chathamicum Cockayne; Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 34: 320 (1901 publ. 1902)

= Linum monogynum var. diffusum Sol. ex Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) 1: 28 (1852)

= Linum monogynum var. grandiflorum Sol. ex Hook.f.; Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) 1: 28 (1852)

species :

Linum mucronatum Bertol.; Misc. Bot. [Bertoloni] 1: 18 (1842)

subspecies :

subsp. mucronatum

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SW-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert, Judean Desert); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania)

34 IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum bursa-pastoris Gomb.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 111 (1951)

= Linum rigidissimum Post; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 424 (1888)

= Linum sulphureum Boiss. & Hausskn.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 857 (1867)

subspecies :

subsp. armenum (Bordz.) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 37 (1967)

Distribution: Armenia; Turkey; Iran; Lebanon; Syria

33 ARM 34 IRN LEB SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum alexeenkoanum E.Wulff; Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n. s. 48: Livr. 2-3, 15, 17 (1939 publ. 1940)

= Linum armenum (Bordz.) Galushko; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 254 (1976)

= Linum balansae Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 855 (1867)

= Linum orientale subsp. armenum Bordz.; Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Yur´evsk Univ. 13: 20 (1912)

subspecies :

subsp. assyriacum P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 155 (1957)

Distribution: Iraq; Jordania

34 IRQ JOR

subspecies :

subsp. gypsicola P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 156 (1957)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. orientale (Boiss. & Heldr.) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 153 (1957)

Distribution: Georgia [Caucasus]; Turkey; Iran; Lebanon; Syria; Israel

33 GEO 34 IRN ISR LEB SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum flavum var. orientale Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 99 (1854)

= Linum orientale (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 855 (1867), nom. illeg.

subspecies :

subsp. pubifolium (P.H.Davis) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 2: 432 (1967)

Distribution: Iran

34 IRN

subspecies :

subsp. syriacum (Boiss. & Gaill.) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 37 (1967)

Distribution: Lebanon; Israel

34 ISR LEB

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum syriacum Boiss. & Gaill.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 856 (1867)

species :

Linum mysorense B.Heyne ex Benth.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 16: sub t. 1326 (1830)

Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka

40 IND SRL

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum humile B.Heyne ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1507 (1829)

= Linum trinervium Hohen. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 411 (1874)

species :

Linum narbonense L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 278 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. narbonense

Name: Narbonner Lein (DE)

Distribution: Switzerland [I]; Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro; Morocco; Algeria

11 swi 12 BAL FRA POR SPA 13 CRO ITA MNT SLV 20 ALG MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum laeve Rchb.; Fl. Germ. Excurs. 833 (1832)

= Linum narbonense var. afrum Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1928 no. 245, in sched. (1929)

= Linum paniculatum Moench; Methodus [Moench], Suppl. 98 (1802), nom. illeg.

= Linum reflexum Aiton; Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 1: 387 (1789)

subspecies :

subsp. barrasii (Pau) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 191 (2015)

Distribution: Portugal; N- & C-Spain

12 POR SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum barrasii Pau; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 28(2): 208 (1899)

species :

Linum nelsonii Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 117 (1966), nom. nov.

Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

79 MEX 80 GUA HON NIC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum muelleri (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931) non Moris

= Cathartolinum muelleri Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 77 (1907)

species :

Linum neomexicanum Greene; Bot. Gaz. 6: 183 (1881)

Name: New Mexico yellow flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum neomexicanum (Greene) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 73 (1907)

species :

Linum nervosum Waldst. & Kit.; Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 109 (1805)

subspecies :

subsp. nervosum

Distribution: Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; C-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (E-Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran)

13 ALB BIH BUL KOS NMA ROM SRB 14 KRY RUS UKR 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN IRQ TUR

Remarks: nervosum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum nervosum (Waldst. & Kit.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum aucheri Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 173 (1848)

= Linum narbonense Pall. ex M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 254 (1808)

= Linum nervosum subsp. glabratum (DC.) P.H.Davis

variant :

var. bungei (Boiss.) Sharifnia; Fl. Iran [ed. Assadi et al.] 34: 29 (2001)

Distribution: Iran (N-Iran)

34 IRN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum bungei Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 861 (1867)

subspecies :

subsp. jailicola (Juz.) T.V.Egorova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 85(7): 170 (2000)

Distribution: European Russia; Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus

14 KRY RUS 33 NCS

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum jailicola Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 713 (1949)

species :

Linum nodiflorum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 280 (1753)

Name: Nickender Lein (DE); Nodding Flax (EN)

Distribution: France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (scattered mainland, Kerkyra, Kithira, Samothraki, Kiklades: Siros, Naxos, Iraklia, Folegandros, Astipalea, Sirina); European Russia; Crimea; Libya; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; East Aegaean Isl. (Chios, Samos, Kalimnos, Kos, Tilos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel); Jordania (W-Jordania)

12 FRA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA SLV SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS 20 LBY 33 ARM GEO 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum aureum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 432 (1824)

= Linum galloi Saroto ex Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 5(1): 290 (1873)

= Linum luteolum M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 256 (1808)

= Linum nodiflorum f. micranthum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 39 (1973)

= Linum pusillum Pall.; Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. 49 (1795), et Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. Hist. Acad. 10: 309 (1797)

= Xantholinum nodiflorum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

species :

Linum numidicum Murb.; Acta Univ. Lund., n. s. 1(4): 35 (1905)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia

20 ALG MOR TUN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum corymbiferum var. maroccanum Maire; Cavanillesia 3: 51 (1931)

= Linum corymbiferum var. meyeri Chabert; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 317 (1889)

= Linum numidicum var. fontqueri Maire; Cavanillesia 3: 52 (1931)

species :

Linum nutans Maxim.; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg 26: 430 (1880)

Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Tuva); China (Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi); Tibet; N-Mongolia

30 SIB 36 CHI TIB 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum baicalense Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 715 (1949)

species :

Linum obtusatum (Boiss.) Stapf; Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 51: 23 (1886)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq)

34 IRQ TUR

Remarks: austriacum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum alpinum var. obtusatum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 865 (1867)

species :

Linum ockendonii Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 19: 35 (1989)

Distribution: Germany (Bayern); Switzerland; Austria; France; etc.

11 AUT GER SWI 12 FRA

Remarks: austriacum agg., separated from L. alpinum on cytological basis

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum perenne subsp. ockendonii (Greuter & Burdet) Seybold

species :

Linum olgae Juz.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 21 (1921)

Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan

32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB

species :

Linum olympicum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 56 (1843)

subspecies :

subsp. olympicum

Distribution: Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, SSW-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum hirsutum Sm.; Fl. Graec. Prodr. [Sibthorp] 1: 215 (1806)

= Linum hirsutum var. alpinum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 859 (1867)

subspecies :

subsp. athoum Hartvig; Mountain Fl. Greece [Strid] 1: 563 (1986)

Distribution: +NE-Greece (?+Mt. Athos)

13 GRC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum iberidifolium Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 854 (1867) (nom. inval.)

species :

Linum orizabae Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 482 (1848)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum lecheoides (S.Watson) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 79 (1907)

= Cathartolinum orizabae (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 79 (1907)

= Linum hypericifolium C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 2: 2 (1831)

= Linum lecheoides S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 332 (1882)

species :

Linum pallasianum Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 758 (1820)

subspecies :

subsp. pallasianum

Distribution: Romania; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea

13 ROM 14 KRY RUS UKR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum czernjajevii Klokov; Bot. Žurn. (Kiev) 3: No. 1-2, 23 (1946)

subspecies :

subsp. borzeanum (A.Nyár.) Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 28 (1973)

Distribution: Bulgaria

13 BUL

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum borzeanum A.Nyár.; Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 11: 17 (1931)

species :

Linum pallescens Bunge; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 1: 438 (1829)

Distribution: Siberia (Altai, Tuva); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; China (Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Xinjiang); Tibet; Mongolia

30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TZK 36 CHI TIB 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum pallescens (Bunge) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

species :

Linum pamphylicum (Boiss.) Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 639 (1902)

subspecies :

subsp. pamphylicum

Distribution: Turkey (Inner Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum orientale Boiss. var. pamphylicum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 856 (1867)

subspecies :

subsp. olympicum Kaynak & Yılmaz; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 40(2): 147 (2003)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. papilliferum (Hub.-Mor. & Reese) Yılmaz & Kaynak; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(1): 77 (2006)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum papilliferum Hub.-Mor. & Reese; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 52: 45 (1943)

species :

Linum perenne L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 277 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. perenne

Name: Ausdauernder Lein, Stauden-Lein (DE), Blue Flax (EN)

Distribution: England (E-England, SW-Scotland, Isles of Scilly); Germany (+Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Romania; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Kazakhstan; China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan); Tibet; Mongolia; Japan [I]; Pakistan (Kurram, Astor); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh); Canada (Ontario); USA (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia)

10 GRB 11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO SWI 13 BIH CRO KOS MNT NMA ROM SRB 14 RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ 36 CHI TIB 37 MON 38 jap 40 IND PAK 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA

Remarks: perenne agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum perenne (L.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 65 (1854)

= Adenolinum sibiricum (DC.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum alpestre Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 3: 335 (1901)

= Linum alpinum Schangin; Neueste Nord. Beytr. Phys. Geogr. Erd- Völkerbeschreib. 6: 47 (1793)

= Linum anglicum Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 5 (1768)

= Linum bavaricum F.W.Schultz; Flora 21(2, 40): 643 (1838)

= Linum brevisepalum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 720 (1949)

= Linum darmstadinum Alef.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 25: 252 (1867)

= Linum decurrens Kellogg; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 44, f. 11 (1863)

= Linum elatum Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 177 (1796)

= Linum sibiricum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 427 (1824)

subspecies :

subsp. extraaxillare (Kit.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 71 (1889)

Distribution: Slovakia; Slovenia; Croatia; North Macedonia; Albania; Bulgaria; European Russia

11 SLO 13 ALB BUL CRO NMA SLV 14 RUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum extraaxillare Kit.; Linnaea 32: 573 (1863)

species :

Linum persicum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 27 (1846)

Distribution: Turkey (SE-Anatolia); Iran (S-Iran)

34 IRN TUR

species :

Linum peyronii Post; Pl. Postianae 3: 6 (1892)

Distribution: Turkey (S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia); Iran (W-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jbel Druze); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania)

34 IRN JOR LEB SYR TUR

species :

Linum platyphyllum (P.H.Davis) Yıld.; Ot Sist. Bot. Derg. 25(2): 17 (2018)

subspecies :

subsp. platyphyllum

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum hirsutum subsp. platyphyllum (P.H.Davis) Yılmaz & Kaynak; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43(1): 62 (2006)

= Linum hirsutum var. platyphyllum P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22(3): 142 (-143

subspecies :

subsp. guvensenii Yıld.; Ot Sist. Bot. Derg. 25(2): 17 (2018)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum polygaloides Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 487 (1848)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum andicolum Krause; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 278 (1908)

= Linum macraei f. peruvianum J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13, pt. 3: 623 (1949)

species :

Linum pratense (Norton) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 69 (1907)

Name: Meadow flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes)

73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Adenolinum pratense (Norton) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 2 (1984)

= Linum lewisii var. pratense Norton; Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12: 38, pl (1902)

species :

Linum pringlei S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 269 (1888)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Nayarit, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum pringlei (S.Watson) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 74 (1907)

species :

Linum prostratum Dombey ex Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 525 (1789)

Distribution: Peru; Bolivia [I]; Chile (Antofagasta)

83 bol PER 85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum paposanum Phil.; Fl. Atacam. 13 (1860)

variant :

var. parvum (l.M.Johnst.) Mildner; Phytologia 23(5): 439 (1972)

Distribution: Peru

83 PER

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum parvum I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 85: 172 (1929)

species :

Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 627 (1896)

Name: Plains flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming); Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila)

73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum puberulum (Engelm.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 80 (1907)

= Cathartolinum vestitum Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 142 (1913)

= Linum rigidum var. puberulum Engelm.; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 25 (1852)

= Mesynium puberulum (Engelm.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.; Nat. Hist. Aleppo, ed. 2 [Russell]: 2: 268 (1794)

subspecies :

subsp. pubescens

Name: Weichhaariger Lein

Distribution: Egypt (NE-Egypt); Turkey (S-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Cyprus (E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, Jazira, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania)

20 EGY 34 CYP IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum decoloratum Griseb.; Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1(1): 117 (1843)

= Linum hirsutum Sieber ex C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. [Presl] 1: 170 (1826)

= Linum piliferum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 860 (1867)

= Linum piligerum C.Presl; Fl. Sicul. [Presl] 1: 170 (1826)

subspecies :

subsp. anisocalyx (P.H.Davis) Yılmaz & Kaynak; J. Biol. Environm. Sci. 2(4): 5 (2008)

Distribution: Turkey (S-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum anisocalyx Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 149 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. sibthorpianum (Margot & Reut.) P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 149 (1957)

Distribution: Albania; Greece (C- and W-Greece, Peloponnisos, Kithira, Attiki, Kerkyra, Ionian Isl.); W-Crete

13 ALB GRC KRI

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum sibthorpianum Margot & Reut.; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 283 (1839)

species :

Linum punctatum C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 58 (1822)

subspecies :

subsp. punctatum

Distribution: Sicily

13 SIC

Remarks: austriacum agg.

subspecies :

subsp. pycnophyllum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gustavsson; Bot. Not. 131: 16 (1978)

Distribution: Albania; Greece (Mt. Grammos to Mt. Peristeri, Mt. Giona, Mt. Chelmos, Mt. Killini, Mt. Parnonas); ?Turkey

13 ALB GRC

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum alpinum var. pycnophyllum (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 865 (1867)

= Linum punctatum subsp. pycnophyllum (Boiss. & Heldr.) Greuter & Burdet; Willdenowia 12(1): 45 (1982), isonym

= Linum pycnophyllum Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 97 (1854)

species :

Linum pungens Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 491 (1848)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum quadrifolium L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 281 (1753)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Linopsis quadrifolia (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum tetraphyllum Hebenstr. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 52 (1841)

= Linum capense Houtt.; Nat. Hist. [Houttuyn] 2, 8: Aanwyz. Plaat. (1), t. 46, fig. 1 (1777)

species :

Linum ramosissimum Gay; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1: 463 (1846)

Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo)

85 CLE

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum chamissonis var. obtusifolium (Phil.) Reiche; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 841 (1896)

= Linum chamissonis var. ramosissimum Reiche; Anales Univ. Chile 93: 841 (1896)

= Linum obtusifolium Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 82: 1105 (1893)

species :

Linum rigidum Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 210 (1813)

Name: Stiffstem flax

Distribution: Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan); USA (Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum earlei Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 83 (1907)

= Cathartolinum rigidum (Pursh) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 82 (1907)

= Linum earlei (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

= Linum rigidum var. tenerrimum Blank.; Sci. Stud. Montana Coll. Agric., Bot. 1: 85 (1905)

= Mesynium rigidum (Pursh) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Taxon 31(2): 348 (1982)

= Nezera rigida (Pursh) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913)

variant :

var. simulans C.M.Rogers; N. Amer. Fl., Ser. 2, 12: 38 (1984)

Distribution: USA (Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska)

73 USA 74 USA 75 USA

species :

Linum rupestre (A.Gray) Engelm.; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: (1850)

Name: Rock flax

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala

77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum rupestre (A.Gray) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 76 (1907)

= Cathartolinum wrightii Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 76 (1907)

= Linum boottii var. rupestre A.Gray; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 155 (1850)

= Linum wrightii (Small) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

species :

Linum rzedowskii Arreguín; Phytologia 57(4): 262 (1985)

Distribution: Mexico (Mexico State)

79 MEX

species :

Linum salsoloides Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 521 (1792)

Name: Strauchiger Lein

Distribution: C-Spain

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum salsoloides (Lam.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum crispum Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 484 (1821)

= Linum ortegae Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 184 (1848)

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. ortegae (Planch.) Rivas Goday & Borja ex Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 34(2): 548 (1977 publ. 1978)

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. salsoloides (Lam.) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 71 (1897)

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. ortegae (Planch.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 1: 82 (1974)

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. salsoloides (Lam.) Litard.; Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 45 (1936)

species :

Linum scabrellum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 507 (1848)

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum scabrellum (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 74 (1907)

= Linum macradenium Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 181 (1911)

species :

Linum schiedeanum Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 234 (1830)

Name: Schied´s flax

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras

77 USA 79 MEX 80 GUA HON

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum coulterianum (Planch.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 76 (1907)

= Cathartolinum greggii (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 77 (1907)

= Cathartolinum schiedeanum (Schltdl. & Cham.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 76 (1907)

= Linum coulterianum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 498 (1848)

= Linum greggii Engelm.; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 26 (1852)

species :

Linum scoparium Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 103 (1874)

Distribution: Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Tarija); Uruguay (Lavalleja, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Cordoba, Tucuman)

83 BOL 85 ARG URU

species :

Linum seljukorum Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 147, t. 7 (1957)

subspecies :

subsp. seljukorum

Distribution: Armenia; Turkey (Inner Anatolia)

33 ARM 34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. barsegjanii (Gabrieljan & Dittrich) T.V.Egorova; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 85(7): 172 (2000)

Distribution: Armenia

33 ARM

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum barsegjanii Gabrieljan & Dittrich; Candollea 47(1): 71 (1992)

species :

Linum setaceum Brot.; Phytogr. Lusitan. Select. (1801): 43 (1801)

Distribution: Portugal; S-Spain; Morocco

12 POR SPA 20 MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum bicolor (Schousb. ex DC.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum bicolor Schousb. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 428 (1824)

= Linum setaceum var. bicolor (Schousb. ex DC.) Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 24: 206 (1933)

= Linum tenuifolium Schousb.; Iagttag. Vextrig. Marokko 149 (1800)

species :

Linum silpii Gomb.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 330 (1953)

Distribution: Turkey (S-Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Linum smallii (C.M.Rogers) K.Bradley & Weakley; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 14(2): 212 (2020)

Name: Small´s flax

Distribution: USA (Florida)

78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum carteri var. smallii C.M.Rogers; Sida 3: 210 (1968)

species :

Linum smithii Mildner; Phytologia 23(5): 439 (1972)

Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)

84 BRA

species :

Linum squarrosum Munby; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 283 (1855)

subspecies :

subsp. squarrosum

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia

20 ALG MOR TUN

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum squarrosum var. ericoides Pau; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1927 no. 355, in sched. (1928)

= Linum suffruticosum var. lycopodioides Batt.; Contr. Fl. Atl. 22 (1919)

= Linum suffruticosum var. matris-filiae Emb. & Maire; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 21-22: 28 (1930)

= Linum suffruticosum var. squarrosum (Munby) Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Dicot. 176 (1888)

= Linum suffruticosum var. virgatum Batt.; Contr. Fl. Atl. 22 (1919)

subspecies :

subsp. maroccanum (Pau & Font Quer) Mart.Labarga & P.P.Ferrer; Phytotaxa 439(2): 133 (2020)

Distribution: Morocco

20 MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum var. maroccanum Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1927 no. 354, in sched. (1928)

species :

Linum stelleroides Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 178 (1848)

Distribution: Siberia (Chita); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); China (Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan); North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum davuricum Miq.; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 260 (1865)

= Linum karoi Freyn; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 15 (1902)

species :

Linum stocksianum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 98 (1854)

Distribution: Afghanistan (Ghazni, Kunar / Nuristan, Paktia / Khost); Pakistan (Chitral, Baluchistan)

34 AFG 40 PAK

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum perenne var. stocksianum (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 865 (1867)

species :

Linum striatum Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 118 (1788)

Name: Ridged yellow flax

Distribution: Canada (Ontario); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum striatum (Walter) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 71 (1907)

= Linum austriacum Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 521 (1792)

= Linum diffusum Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 276 (1861)

= Linum diffusum Schult.; Observ. Bot. [Schultes] 63 (1809)

= Linum rigidum Torr. & A.Gray; Fl. N. Amer. [Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 204 (1838)

= Linum striatum var. multijugum Fernald; Rhodora 37: 431 (1935)

= Linum virginianum var. diffusum Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 2a): 195 (1847)

= Linum virginianum var. oppositifolium Engelm.; Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 26 (1852)

= Nezera albiflora Raf.; New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 65 (1838)

= Nezera striata (Walter) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913)

species :

Linum strictum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

Name: Steifer Lein (DE); Lino silvestre (ES); Stiff Flax (EN)

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; San Marino [I]; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Albania; European Turkey; Greece (widespread, incl. almost all islands); Crete (incl. islets); European Russia; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (NW-coastal Egypt); Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Sudan (incl. Jbel Marra); Ethiopia; Eritrea; Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira, NW-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Bahrain; Qatar; Pakistan; NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir); Australia [I] (South Australia [I])

12 BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH CRO GRC ITA KRI MLT MNT PEL PTL SIC sma TUE 14 KRY RUS 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY MDR 24 ERI ETH SUD 33 NCS 34 CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR 35 BAR QAT SAU 40 IND PAK 50 aus

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum alternum (Pieri) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Cathartolinum corymbulosum Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Cathartolinum strictum (L.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: t. 327 (1838)

= Chrysolinum strictum (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 349 (1868)

= Linopsis corymbosa Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum alterniflorum Delile ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 127 (1827)

= Linum alternum (Pers.) Pieri; Fl. Corcir. 25 (1824)

= Linum gallicum Sm.; Fl. Graec. [Sibthorp] 4: 3 (1823)

= Linum inaequale C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 58 (1822)

= Linum liburnicum Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 126 (1878)

= Linum paniculatum Desv. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 52 (1841)

= Linum rigidum Sarato ex Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 5: 293 (1873)

= Linum scabridum Steud. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 852 (1867)

= Linum sessiliflorum Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 523 (1792)

= Linum strictum var. alternum Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 336 (1805)

= Linum strictum var. capitatum Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 389 (1827)

= Linum strictum var. cymosum Gren. & Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 1: 281 (1847)

= Linum strictum var. laxiflorum Gren. & Godr.; Fl. France [Grenier] 1: 281 (1847)

= Linum strictum var. macranthum Batt.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 361 (1885)

= Linum strictum var. paniculatum Desv.; J. Bot. [Desvaux] 2: 315 (1809)

= Linum strictum var. paniculatum Rouy & Foucaud; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 4: 59 (1897)

= Linum strictum var. racemosum P.Palau; Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 7: 61 (1976 publ. 1977)

variant :

var. spicatum Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 335 (1805)

Distribution: throughout range of species

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Synonyms: hidden

= Linum spicatum (Pers.) Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 809 (1844)

= Linum strictum proles spicatum (Pers.) Asch.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 7: 176 (1914)

= Linum strictum subsp. spicatum (Pers.) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 126 (1878)

= Cathartolinum spicatum (Pers.) Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 16: 62 (1838)

species :

Linum subbiflorum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 716 (1949)

Distribution: Armenia; Azerbaijan

33 ARM AZE

species :

Linum subteres (Trel.) H.J.P.Winkl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 19a: 116 (1931)

Name: Sprucemont flax

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah)

76 USA 77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum subteres (Trel.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 83 (1907)

= Linum aristatum var. subteres Trel.; Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 347 (1897)

= Linum leptopodum A.Nelson; Bot. Gaz. 47: 426 (1909)

= Mesynium subteres (Trel.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

species :

Linum suffruticosum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

subspecies :

subsp. suffruticosum

Distribution: NE- & E-Spain

12 SPA

Remarks: tenuifolium agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum suffruticosum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Leucolinum suffruticosum (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 349 (1868)

= Linum fruticosum Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 11 (1768)

= Linum tenuifolium Asso; Syn. Stirp. Aragon. 41 (1779)

= Linum tenuifolium subsp. suffruticosum (L.) Litard.; Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(2): 45 (1936)

= Linum tenuifolium var. suffruticosum (L.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38: 81 (1974)

subspecies :

subsp. castroviejoi (Mart.Labarga, Pedrol & Muñoz Garm.) L.Sáez & Aymerich; Orsis 31: 32 (2017)

Distribution: Spain (Huesca, Lerida)

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum castroviejoi Mart.Labarga, Pedrol & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 507 (2015)

subspecies :

subsp. crespoi Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015)

Distribution: E-Spain (Valencia, Alicante, Murcia)

12 SPA

subspecies :

subsp. differens (Pau) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.; Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 25: 185 (1969)

Distribution: Spain (EC-, E- & S-Spain)

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum tenuifolium var. differens (Pau) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 1: 82 (1974)

= Linum differens Pau; Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 2: 38 (1888)

subspecies :

subsp. loeflingii Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015)

Distribution: Spain (C-, E- & S-Spain)

12 SPA

subspecies :

subsp. montserratii Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 508 (2015)

Distribution: NE-Spain (Pyrénées, Sa. de Moncayo)

12 SPA

species :

Linum sulcatum Riddell; W. J. Med. Phys. Sci. 10 (1836)

Name: Grooved flax

Distribution: Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)

71 CDN 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum sulcatum (Riddell) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 78 (1907)

= Linum bootii Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 475 (1848)

= Linum simplex Alph.Wood; Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861): 276 (1861)

= Linum striatum Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 206 (1818)

= Mesynium sulcatum (Riddell) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Taxon 31: 348 (1982)

= Nezera sulcata (Riddell) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913)

variant :

var. harperi (Small) C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 103 (1963)

Name: Harper´s flax

Distribution: USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum harperi (Small) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 78 (1907)

= Linum harperi Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 663 (1903)

species :

Linum tauricum Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 339 (1809)

subspecies :

subsp. tauricum

Distribution: North Macedonia; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Ukraine; Crimea; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]

13 BUL NMA ROM TUE 14 KRY UKR 33 GEO NCS

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum bulgaricum Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 642 (1902)

= Linum campanulatum M.Bieb.; Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 255 (1808) non L.

= Linum pseudoelegans Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 639 (1902)

= Linum pubescens Willd. ex Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 6: 758 (1820)

= Linum serbicum Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 641 (1902)

= Linum tauricum subsp. bulgaricum (Podp.) Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 23 (1973)

= Linum tauricum subsp. serbicum (Podp.) Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 23 (1973)

= Xantholinum tauricum (Willd.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

subspecies :

subsp. bosphori P.H.Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 37 (1967)

Distribution: European Turkey; Turkey

13 TUE 34 TUR

subspecies :

subsp. linearifolium (Lindem.) Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 23 (1973)

Distribution: Romania; Bulgaria; European Russia; Crimea

13 BUL ROM 14 KRY RUS

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum flavum var. linearifolium Lindem.; Zap. Novorossijsk. Obshch. Estestvoisp. 6, Suppl. 102 (1881)

= Linum linearifolium (Lindem.) Jáv.; Magyar Bot. Lapok 9: 156 (1910)

species :

Linum tejedense (C.Vicioso ex Pau) Mart.Labarga & Muñoz Garm.; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 9: 240 (2015)

Distribution: S-Spain (Sa. de Almijara, Sa. de Tejeda)

12 SPA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum suffruticosum subsp. dolomiticum Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle; Rivasgodaya 6: 46 (1991)

= Linum suffruticosum var. tejedense C.Vicioso ex Pau; Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 2: 206 (1916)

species :

Linum tenellum Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 235 (1830)

Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum tenellum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 77 (1907)

species :

Linum tenue Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 280 (1798)

subspecies :

subsp. tenue

Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Morocco; Algeria

12 POR SPA 20 ALG MOR

Remarks: tenue agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum dichotomum Boutelou ex Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 3: 546 (1878)

= Linum melianthum Brot.; Fl. Lusit. 1: 484 (1804)

= Linum ramosissimum Willk.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 240 (1847)

= Linum scabrum Kunze; Flora 29: 654 (1846)

= Linum subasperifolium Humbert & Maire; Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 15: 20 (1926)

= Linum trigynum subsp. tenue (Desf.) Franco; Nov. Fl. Portugal 1: 404 (1971)

= Linum virgatum Schousb.; Iagttag. Vextrig. Marokko 151 (1800)

subspecies :

subsp. munbyanum (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] 1: 175 (1888)

Distribution: Morocco; Algeria

20 ALG MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum corymbiferum var. munbyanum (Boiss. & Reut.) Ball; Spicil. Fl. Marocc. [Ball]: 379 (1878)

= Linum munbyanum Boiss. & Reut.; Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 24 (1852)

= Linum munbyanum var. curtifolium Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1927 no. 353, in sched. (1928)

= Linum munbyanum var. faurei Maire; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 23: 172 (1932)

= Linum munbyanum var. meridionale Hochr.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 155 (1904)

= Linum munbyanum var. tenuifolium Pau & Font Quer; Iter Marocc. [Font Quer], Exsicc. 1927 no. 352, in sched. (1928)

species :

Linum tenuifolium L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 278 (1753)

Name: Schmalblättriger Lein, Zarter Lein (DE)

Distribution: Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, +Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; NE-Spain (Pyrénées); Andorra; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread N-Greece, mountains of C- & S-Greece, Evvoia, Kerkyra, Lefkada); Crete; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan); Syria (W-Syrian Mountains)

11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LUX POL SLO SWI 12 ADO COR FRA SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 KRY RUS UKR 33 ARM GEO 34 IRN SYR TUR

Remarks: tenuifolium agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum tenuifolium (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Leucolinum tenuifolium (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 349 (1868)

= Linum biforme subsp. tenuifolium (L.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 54 (1894)

= Linum cilicicum Fenzl; Asie Min., Bot. [P.A.Tchichatscheff] 1: 141 (1860)

= Linum tenuifolium var. scariosum (Sieber) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 13 (1924)

species :

Linum thesioides Bartl.; Linnaea 7: 540 (1832)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum fruticulosum Planch. ex Walp.; Ann. Bot. Syst. [Walpers] 2(1): 128 (1851)

species :

Linum thracicum (Griseb.) Degen; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 43: 55 (1893)

subspecies :

subsp. thracicum

Distribution: Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Bulgaria; NE-Greece (incl. Chalkidiki)

13 BUL GRC KOS NMA SRB

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum crenatum Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 637 (1902)

= Linum rhodopeum Velen.; Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. Prag, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. (Vĕstn. Král. České Společn. Nauk., Tř. Mat.-Přír.) 1895: 3 (1896)

= Linum turcicum Podp.; Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 637 (1902)

= Linum flavum f. thracica Griseb.; Spic. Fl. Rumel. 1: 115 (1843)

subspecies :

subsp. multiflorum Petrova; Izv. Bot. Inst. (Sofia) 23: 35 (1973)

Distribution: Bulgaria

13 BUL

species :

Linum thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 35 (1837)

Distribution: Tanzania; Angola; Malawi; Zimbabwe; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]

25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZIM 27 SAF SWZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum quadrifolium Thunb.; Fl. Cap. [Thunberg], ed. 2: 277 (1823)

= Linum racemosum E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 199 (1843)

= Linum reichenbachii Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 495 (1848)

species :

Linum tmoleum Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 105 (1849)

Distribution: Turkey (N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, W-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: nervosum agg.

species :

Linum toxicum Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 1: 854 (1867)

Distribution: Lebanon (Antilebanon); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, Judean Desert)

34 ISR LEB

species :

Linum triflorum Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 159, t. 8b (1957)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Linum trigynum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

Name: Dreigriffliger Lein (DE); French Flax (EN)

Distribution: Germany [I]; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread mainland, incl. many islands); Crete; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Madeira (Madeira Isl., Porto Santo Isl.); Soqotra; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan (Talysh); East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos); Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran); Cyprus (N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (coastal W-Syria, W-Syrian Mountains); Saudi Arabia (Asir); Yemen (W-Yemen); Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], South Australia [I], New South Wales [I], Victoria [I], Tasmania [I]); Norfolk Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I]); USA [I] (California [I])

11 ger HUN SLO 12 ADO BAL COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MLT MNT NMA PEL PTL ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 KRY 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 21 MDR 24 SOC 33 AZE GEO 34 CYP EAI IRN LEB SYR TUR 35 SAU YEM 50 aus nfk 51 nzl 63 haw 76 usa

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum gallicum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Chrysolinum gallicum (L.) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 349 (1868)

= Linum aureum Waldst. & Kit.; Descr. Icon. Pl. Hung. 2: 193 t. 177 (1805)

= Linum gallicum f. aureum (Waldst. & Kit.) Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 14 (1924)

= Linum gallicum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 401 (1762), nom. illeg.

= Linum procumbens Gaterau; Descr. Pl. Montauban 68 (1789)

= Linum strictissimum Pall.; Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 2: 80 (1801)

= Linum strictum Pall.; Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. 49 (1795) non L.

= Numisaureum petiolatum Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 32 (1836)

species :

Linum turcomanicum Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 720 (1949)

Distribution: Turkmenistan

32 TKM

species :

Linum ucranicum (Griseb. ex Planch.) Czern.; Consp. Pl. Charc. 12 (1859)

Distribution: C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus

14 RUS UKR 32 KAZ 33 NCS

Remarks: flavum agg.

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum flavum var. ucranicum Griseb. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 509 (1848)

= Linum ucranicum subsp. uralense (Juz.) T.V.Egorova; Fl. Vostochnoi Evropy 9: 353 (1996)

= Linum uralense Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 14: 722 (1949)

species :

Linum unguiculatum Davis; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37: 22: 145, t. 6A (1957)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: hirsutum agg.

species :

Linum usitatissimum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 277 (1753)

Name: Saat-Lein, Flachs (DE); Common flax (EN); Lino (ES)

Distribution: only cultivated known; England [c]; Ireland [c]; Germany [c]; Slovakia [c]; Hungary [c]; Portugal [c]; Spain [c]; Andorra [c]; Baleares [c]; France [c]; Channel Isl. [c]; Corsica [c]; Sardinia [c]; Italy [c]; Sicily [c]; Slovenia [c]; Croatia [c]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [c]; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo [c]; North Macedonia [c]; European Turkey; Greece [c]; Estonia [c]; European Russia; Morocco [c]; Algeria [c]; Tunisia [c]; Libya [c]; Azores [c] (Santa Maria Isl. [c], Faial [c]); Madeira [c] (Madeira Isl. [c]); Canary Isl. [c] (Lanzarote [c], Gran Canaria [c], Tenerife [c], La Palma [c], La Gomera [c]); Angola [c]; Zimbabwe [c]; Mozambique [c]; Russian Far East [c] (Amur [c], Kamchatka [c], Khabarovsk [c], Primorye [c], Sakhalin [c]); Kazakhstan [c]; Turkmenistan [c]; Kyrgyzstan [c]; Tajikistan [c]; Northern Caucasus [c]; Georgia [Caucasus] [c]; Turkey [c]; Iraq [c]; Afghanistan [c]; Cyprus [c]; Lebanon [c]; Syria [c]; Saudi Arabia [c]; Oman [c]; Yemen [c]; China [c]; Tibet [c]; South Korea [c]; Japan [c]; Nepal [c]; India [c]; Bangladesh [c]; Myanmar [c]; Thailand [c]; Vietnam [c]; Java [c]; Australia [c] (Western Australia [c], Queensland [c], New South Wales [c], Victoria [c], Tasmania [c]); New Zealand [c]; Canada [c]; USA [c]; Mexico [c]; Guatemala [c]; El Salvador [c]; Honduras [c]; Nicaragua [c]; Costa Rica [c]; Cuba [c]; Dominican Republic [c]; Haiti [c]; Colombia [c]; Venezuela [c]; Ecuador [c]; Peru [c]; Bolivia [c]; Brazil [c]; Argentina [c]; Chile [c]; Juan Fdz. Isl. [c]

10 grb ire 11 ger hun slo 12 ado bal cis cor fra por sar spa 13 bih cro grc ita kos MNT nma sic slv SRB TUE 14 est RUS 20 alg lby mor tun 21 azo cny mdr 26 ang moz zim 31 rfe 32 kaz kgz tkm tzk 33 geo ncs 34 afg cyp irq leb syr tur 35 oma sau yem 36 chi tib 38 jap kor 40 ban ind nep 41 mya tha vie 42 jaw 50 aus 51 nzl 79 mex 80 cos els gua hon nic 81 cub his 82 clm ven 83 bol ecu per 84 bra 85 arg cle jnf

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum arvense Neck.; Delic. Gallo-Belg. 159 (1768)

= Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 111 (1827)

= Linum grandiflorum Rchb.; Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 4: 8 (1826)

= Linum hohenackeri Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 1: 97 (1854)

= Linum humile Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)

= Linum indehiscens (Neilr.) Vavilov & Elladi; Kul´t. Fl. S.S.S.R. 5(1): 117 (1940)

= Linum monadelphum Mart.; Pl. Hort. Erlang. 84 (1814)

= Linum monadelphum Rchb.; Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 4: 8 (1826)

= Linum moroderorum Pau; Ann. Sci. Acad. Polytecn. Porto 6: 3 (1911)

= Linum mucronatum Gilib.; Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 143 (1782), opus utique oppr.

= Linum reuteri Boiss. & Hausskn.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier], Suppl. 139 (1888)

= Linum sativum Hasselq.; Iter Palaest. 462 (1757)

= Linum trinervium B.Heyne ex Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 187 (1821)

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. crepitans Schübl. & G.Martens; Fl. Würtemberg, 1. Aufl.: 211 (1834), nom. illeg.

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. humile (Mill.) Czernom.; Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 113: 58 (1987), isonym

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. humile (Mill.) Hartm.; Sv. Norsk Excurs.-Fl. 96 (1846)

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. hyemale (Gentner) Bertsch; Fl. Südwest-Deutschl. [Bertsch], 3. Aufl.: 277 (1962), nom. inval.

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. intermedium Chernom.; Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 113: 60 (1987)

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. latifolium (L.) Stank.; Sborn. Nauchn. Trudov Prikl. Bot. Genet. Selekts. 113: 59 (1987), basionym non-existent

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. vulgare Schübl. & G.Martens; Fl. Würtemberg, 1. Aufl.: 211 (1834), nom. illeg.

= Linum usitatissimum var. crepitans Boenn.; Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 94 (1824)

= Linum usitatissimum var. crepitans W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 128 (1836), nom. illeg.

= Linum usitatissimum var. humile (Mill.) Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 334 (1805)

= Linum usitatissimum var. indehiscens Jess.; Deut. Excurs.-Fl. 264 (1879)

= Linum usitatissimum var. multicaule Schur ex Hegi; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi] 5(1): 21 (1924)

= Linum usitatissimum var. vulgare Boenn.; Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal. 94 (1824)

= Linum usitatissimum var. vulgare Schübl. & G.Martens ex W.D.J.Koch; Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. 128 (1836), nom. illeg.

= Linum utile Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 177 (1796)

species :

Linum velutinum Steud. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 517 (1848)

Distribution: Iraq (NE-Iraq)

34 IRQ

species :

Linum vernale Wooton; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 452 (1898)

Name: Chihuahuan flax

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Mesynium vernale (Wooton) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 3 (1984)

= Cathartolinum vernale (Wooton) Small; N. Amer. Fl. 25: 80 (1907)

species :

Linum verruciferum Azn.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 7: 314 (1907)

Distribution: Turkey (Anatolia)

34 TUR

species :

Linum villarianum Pau; Mém. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 298 (1924)

Distribution: Morocco

20 MOR

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum usitatissimum subsp. villarianum (Pau) C.Martinez; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 570 (1957)

species :

Linum villosum C.M.Rogers; Nordic J. Bot. 1(6): 717 (1981 publ. 1982)

Distribution: South Africa (W-Cape Prov.)

27 SAF

species :

Linum violascens Bunge; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 1: 439 (1829)

Distribution: Siberia (Altai, Tuva, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Mongolia

30 SIB 32 KAZ 37 MON

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum sibiricum var. parviflorum Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 1: 440 (1829)

species :

Linum virginianum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 279 (1753)

Name: Woodland flax

Distribution: South Korea [I]; Japan [I] (Honshu [I]); Canada (Ontario); USA (Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

38 jap kor 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cathartolinum virginianum (L.) Rchb.; Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 307 (1837)

= Linum virginianum var. microcarpum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 480 (1848)

= Nezera virginiana (L.) Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 152 (1913)

species :

Linum virgultorum Planch.; London J. Bot. 7: 172 (1848)

Name: Buschiger Lein (DE); Bushy Flax (EN)

Distribution: C-Greece (very rare N-Argolis, near Athens); S-Crete; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Samos, Rhodos); Turkey (SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia)

13 GRC KRI 34 EAI TUR

species :

Linum viscosum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 398 (1762)

Name: Klebriger Lein (DE)

Distribution: Germany (Bayern); Austria; Spain (mountains); Andorra; France; Italy; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia

11 AUT GER 12 ADO FRA SPA 13 CRO ITA SLV SMA

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum hirsutum DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 4: 800 (1805)

= Linum hirsutum var. viscosum (L.) Jess.; Deut. Excurs.-Fl. 264 (1879)

= Linum sylvestre Scop.; Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 229 (1771)

= Linum venustum Andrews; Bot. Repos. 7: t. 477 (1807)

= Linum viscosum f. silvestre (Scop.) Vollm.; Fl. Bayern [Vollmann] 497 (1914)

species :

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

Distribution: Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; S-Ethiopia; NE-Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; N-Malawi; N-Mozambique

23 CMN ZAI 24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ

Synonyms: hidden

= Linum gallicum var. holstii Engl.

= Linum gallicum var. sieberi Planch.

= Linum holstii Engl. ex R.Wilczek; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 25: 311 (1955)

= Linum trigynum var. sieberi (Planch.) Cufod.

species :

Linum vuralianum Yılmaz & Kaynak; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 156(3): 459 (2008)

Distribution: Turkey

34 TUR

species :

Linum westii C.M.Rogers; Brittonia 15: 114 (1963)

Name: West´s flax

Distribution: USA (Florida)

78 USA

species :

Linum ×vanense Azn.; Magyar Bot. Lapok 16: 11 (1917 publ. 1918)

Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia)

34 TUR

Remarks: flavum agg.

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.10 (Oct. 12th, 2025)

Covering 357,450 accepted species,8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,in total 1,419,285* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 357,450 accepted species,
8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,
**in total 1,419,285* names**

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]