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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Linum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Linum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Geranianae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Linales Baskerville pub. Aff. Pl.: 107. 1839.       Familia  Linaceae DC. ex Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 622, 639. 1 Nov 1821. common name: Flaxes       Subfamilia  Linoideae (DC. ex Gray) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 103. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Lineae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 830, 831. 1832.       Genus  Linum L. pub. (1753) common name: flax

Named members of the Genus Linum

1	Species  adenophyllum Gray syn. Hesperolinon adenophyllum
2	Species  alatum (Small) Winkl. common name: winged flax
3	Species  angustifolium Huds. syn. Linum bienne
4	Species  arenicola (Small) Winkl. common name: sand flax
5	Species  aristatum Engelm.
	6    Varietas  australe (Heller) Kearney & Peebles syn. Linum australe var. australe 7    Varietas  subteres Trel. syn. Linum subteres
8	Species  australe Heller
	9    Varietas  australe common name: southern flax 10    Varietas  glandulosum Rogers common name: southern flax
11	Species  berlandieri Hook.
	12    Varietas  berlandieri common name: Berlandier's yellow flax 13    Varietas  filifolium (Shinners) Rogers common name: Berlandier's yellow flax
14	Species  bicarpellatum H.K. Sharsmith syn. Hesperolinon bicarpellatum
15	Species  bienne P. Mill. common name: pale flax
16	Species  breweri Gray syn. Hesperolinon breweri
17	Species  californicum Benth.
	18    Varietas  confertum Gray ex Trel. syn. Hesperolinon californicum 19    Varietas  congestum (Gray) Jepson syn. Hesperolinon congestum
20	Species  carteri Small
	21    Varietas  carteri common name: Carter's flax 22    Varietas  smallii Rogers common name: Small's flax
23	Species  catharticum L. common name: fairy flax
24	Species  clevelandii Greene
	25    Varietas  petrophilum Jepson syn. Hesperolinon clevelandii
26	Species  compactum A. Nels. common name: Wyoming flax
27	Species  congestum Gray syn. Hesperolinon congestum
28	Species  digynum Gray syn. Sclerolinon digynum
29	Species  drymarioides Curran syn. Hesperolinon drymarioides
30	Species  elongatum (Small) Winkl. common name: Laredo flax
31	Species  floridanum (Planch.) Trel.
	32    Varietas  chrysocarpum Rogers common name: Florida yellow flax 33    Varietas  floridanum common name: Florida yellow flax
34	Species  gallicum L. syn. Linum trigynum
35	Species  grandiflorum Desf. common name: flowering flax
36	Species  greggii Engelm. syn. Linum schiedeanum
37	Species  harperi Small syn. Linum sulcatum var. harperi
38	Species  hudsonioides Planch. common name: Texas flax
39	Species  humile P. Mill. syn. Linum usitatissimum
40	Species  imbricatum (Raf.) Shinners common name: tufted flax
41	Species  intercursum Bickn. common name: sandplain flax
42	Species  kingii S. Wats.
	43    Varietas  pinetorum M.E. Jones syn. Linum kingii 44    Varietas  sedoides Porter syn. Linum kingii
45	Species  leptopoda A. Nels. syn. Linum subteres
46	Species  lewisii Pursh
	47    Varietas  alpicola Jepson common name: prairie flax 48    Varietas  lewisii common name: prairie flax 49    Varietas  pratense J.B.S. Norton syn. Linum pratense 50    Varietas  saxosum Maguire & A. Holmgren syn. Linum lewisii var. alpicola
51	Species  lundellii Rogers common name: Sullivan City flax
52	Species  macrocarpum Rogers common name: Spring Hill flax
53	Species  medium (Planch.) Britt.
	54    Varietas  medium common name: stiff yellow flax 55    Varietas  texanum (Planch.) Fern. common name: stiff yellow flax
56	Species  micranthum Gray syn. Hesperolinon micranthum
57	Species  neomexicanum Greene common name: New Mexico yellow flax
58	Species  perenne L. common name: perennial flax
	59    Subspecies  lewisii (Pursh) Hult�n syn. Linum lewisii var. lewisii 60    Varietas  lewisii (Pursh) Eat. & J. Wright syn. Linum lewisii var. lewisii
61	Species  pratense (J.B.S. Norton) Small common name: meadow flax
62	Species  puberulum (Engelm.) Heller common name: plains flax
63	Species  rigidum Pursh
	64    Varietas  berlandieri (Hook.) Torr. & Gray syn. Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri 65    Varietas  carteri (Small) Rogers syn. Linum carteri var. carteri 66    Varietas  compactum (A. Nels.) Rogers syn. Linum compactum 67    Varietas  filifolium Shinners syn. Linum berlandieri var. filifolium 68    Varietas  puberulum Engelm. syn. Linum puberulum 69    Varietas  rigidum common name: stiffstem flax 70    Varietas  simulans Rogers common name: stiffstem flax
71	Species  rupestre (Gray) Engelm. ex Gray common name: rock flax
72	Species  sanctum Small syn. Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri
73	Species  schiedeanum Schlecht. & Cham. common name: Schied's flax
74	Species  spergulinum Gray syn. Hesperolinon spergulinum
75	Species  striatum Walt.
	76    Varietas  medium (Planch.) Boivin syn. Linum medium var. medium 77    Varietas  multijugum Fern. syn. Linum striatum 78    Varietas  texanum (Planch.) Boivin syn. Linum medium var. texanum
79	Species  subteres (Trel.) Winkl. common name: sprucemont flax
80	Species  sulcatum Riddell
	81    Varietas  harperi (Small) Rogers common name: Harper's flax 82    Varietas  sulcatum common name: grooved flax
83	Species  trigynum L. common name: French flax
84	Species  usitatissimum L. common name: linseed, flax
	85    Varietas  humile (P. Mill.) Pers. syn. Linum usitatissimum
86	Species  vernale Woot. common name: Chihuahuan flax
87	Species  virginianum L.
	88    Varietas  floridanum Planch. syn. Linum floridanum var. floridanum 89    Varietas  medium Planch. syn. Linum medium var. medium 90    Varietas  texanum Planch. syn. Linum medium var. texanum
91	Species  westii Rogers common name: West's flax

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.