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3945.000 Linum
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrublets. Flowers in terminal cymes, 5-merous. Sepals undivided. Stamens 5, sometimes alternating with staminodes. Ovary 5-locular. Styles 5. Fruit a 5-locular 10-valved capsule with 2-seeded loculi Worldwide: 180 species in temperate and subtropical zones, especially in the Mediterranean area. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh. | C,E | Description, Image |
| usitatissimum L. | N |
Other sources of information about Linum:
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Flora of Caprivi: LinumFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Linum
Flora of Malawi: Linum
Flora of Mozambique: Linum
Flora of Zambia: Linum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LinumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Linum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Linum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Linum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Linum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Linum
JSTOR Plant Science: Linum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Linum
Plants of the World Online: Linum
Tropicos: Linum
Wikipedia: Linum
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