Linum usitatissimum

Linum usitatissimum

Taxonavigation

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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 usitatissimum
Varietates: L. u. var. stenophyllum – L. u. var. usitatissimum

Name

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Linum usitatissimum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 277 (1753).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Linum angustifolium subsp. usitatissimum (L.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 64 (1897), nom. illeg.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe (introduced)
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Belgium, Czechoslovakia.
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
    • Regional: Eastern Europe
      • Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
  • Continental: Africa (introduced)
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Russian Far East
      • Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin (introduced).
    • Regional: Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan (introduced).
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands (introduced), Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine (introduced), Turkey.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (introduced).
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang (introduced).
    • Regional: Mongolia
      • Mongolia (introduced).
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea (introduced).
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced)
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Thailand, Vietnam.
  • Continental: Australasia (introduced)
    • Regional: Australia
      • Tasmania.
  • Continental: Pacific (introduced)
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia.
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Subarctic America
      • Northwest Territories.
    • Regional: Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.
  • Continental: Southern America (introduced)
    • Regional: Central America
      • Costa Rica.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Ecuador.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Uruguay.

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

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Vernacular names

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বাংলা: তিসি
kaszëbsczi: Len
čeština: Len
dansk: Almindelig Hør
Deutsch: Gemeiner Lein
English: Common flax
español: Lino
suomi: Pellava
Nordfriisk: Flaaks
français: Lin cultivé
hornjoserbsce: Len
italiano: Lino comune
日本語: アマ
Latina: Linum
lietuvių: Sėjamasis linas
latviešu: Lini
Nederlands: Vlas
polski: Len zwyczajny
português: Lìnho
русский: Лён
svenska: Lin
українська: Льон звичайний
中文: 亚麻
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