Linum australe
Linum australe

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Linaceae
Subfamilia: Linoideae
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum australe
Varietates: L. a. var. australe – L. a. var. glandulosum

Name edit

Linum australe A.Heller, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 627 (1898).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Cathartolinum australe (A.Heller) Small in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 81 (1907).
    • Linum aristatum var. australe (A.Heller) Kearney & Peebles, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 485 (1939).
    • Mesynium australe (A.Heller) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 55: 3 (1984).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Western Canada
      • Alberta.
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Montana, Wyoming.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, Nevada, Utah.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Southern flax


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