Linum pubescens

Linum pubescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Linaceae
Subfamilia: Linoideae
Genus: Linum
Species: Linum pubescens
Subspecies: L. p. subsp. anisocalyx – L. p. subsp. pubescens – L. p. subsp. sibthorpianum

Name

Linum pubescens Banks & Sol. in A.Russell, Nat. Hist. Aleppo, ed. 2, 2: 268 (1794).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Kriti. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt (doubtful). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai (doubtful), Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Russell, A. & Russell, P. 1794. The natural history of Aleppo containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood, together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases, particularly of the plague. 2nd ed., Vol. 2. vii + 430 + xxxiv pp., G.G. & J. Robinson, London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, P.H. 1967. Linum. Pp. 425–450 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 2 (Portulacaceae to Celastraceae). 581 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Ockendon, D.J. & Walters, S.M. 1968. Linum. Pp. 206–211 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. xxvii + 455 pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2012. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 4: Dicotyledoneae: Fabaceae – Nymphaeaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0126-1, 431 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Linum pubescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 4. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Linum pubescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 April 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Linum pubescens. Published online. Accessed: April 4 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Linum pubescens. Accessed: 4 April 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Linum pubescens in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 April 4.

Vernacular names

עברית: פשתה שעירה

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