Linnaea borealis

Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis, Melhus Kommune, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Linnaeoideae
Genus: Linnaea
Species: Linnaea borealis
Subspecies: L. b. subsp. borealis – L. b. subsp. longiflora

Name

Linnaea borealis L. (1753)
Note: The acceptance of infraspecifics is uncertain and varies according to countries and sources. For example, EMD and Tropicos does not accept any, POWO prefers varieties and Hassler subspecies.

Synonymy

• Linnaea albiloba Brenner
• Linnaea americana Forbes
• Linnaea amoenula Wittr. apud Brenner
• Linnaea australis Hoffmannsegg
• Linnaea foveolata Brenner
• Linnaea jugosa Brenner
• Linnaea longiflora Howell
• Linnaea parvisignata Brenner
• Linnaea pseudoproterantha Pampan.
• Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner
• Linnaea roseoalba Brenner
• Linnaea rotundata Brenner
• Linnaea serpyllifolia Rydb.
• Linnaea subconfluens Brenner
• Linnaea subjugosa Brenner
• Linnaea subsulcata Brenner
• Linnaea subviolascens Brenner
• Linnaea sulcata Brenner
• Linnaea tenuiflora Brenner
• Linnaea tenuisignata Brenner
• Linnaea tenuisulcata Brenner
• Linnaea vicina Wittr. apud Brenner
• Obolaria borealis (L.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Austria, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, N- & C-European Russia, Ukraine, Sweden Continental: Asia-Temperate Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (Kuril Isl., Sakhalin), China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, ?Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang), Mongolia, North Korea Continental: Northern America Alaska, Aleutes, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 631. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zika, P.F. & Tucker, G.C. 2017. Variation in Linnaea borealis (Linnaeaceae) across North America and Greenland. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 11(1): 67-79. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Giger, E. 1912. Linnaea borealis L., eine monographische Studie Zürich [1].
• Wittrock, V.B. 1907. Linnæa borealis L., species polymorpha et polychroma. Linnæa borealis L., en mångformig art. Acta Horti Bergiani 4(7): 1–187. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Linnaea borealis in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Linnaea borealis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Linnaea borealis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 May 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Linnaea borealis. Published online. Accessed: May 3 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Linnaea borealis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Linnaea borealis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2024.

Vernacular names

العربية: لينيا شمالية
čeština: Zimozel severní
Cymraeg: Blodyn deuben
dansk: Linnæa
Deutsch: Moosglöckchen
English: Twinflower
Esperanto: Lineo-kloŝo
español: Flor gemela
eesti: Harakkuljus
فارسی: لینه
suomi: Vanamo
français: Linnée boréale
Frysk: Linnaeusklokje
hornjoserbsce: Prawy mochowy zwónčk
italiano: Linnea
日本語: リンネソウ
қазақша: Терістік линнея
한국어: 린네풀
lietuvių: Šiaurinė linėja
latviešu: Ziemeļu linneja
Nederlands: Linnaeusklokje
norsk nynorsk: Linnea
norsk: Linnea
polski: Zimoziół północny
پنجابی: لنیا
русский: Линнея северная
davvisámegiella: Vándádivga
svenska: Linnea
українська: Ліннея північна
Tiếng Việt: Hoa kép
中文: 北极花

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