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The genus Linum is in the family Linaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Linum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Linum alatum (Small) H.J.P. Winkl.	Accepted		TRO
Linum alexeenkoanum E. Wulf	Accepted		TRO
Linum alpinum Jacq.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum altaicum Ledeb. ex Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum amurense Alef.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum arboreum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum arenicola (Small) H.J.P. Winkl.	Accepted		TRO
Linum aristatum Engelm.	Accepted		TRO
Linum aroanium Boiss. & Orph.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum australe A. Heller	Accepted		TRO
Linum austriacum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum baicalense Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum bienne Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum brevifolium A. St.-Hil. & Naudin	Accepted		TRO
Linum burkartii Mildner	Accepted		TRO
Linum campanulatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum capitatum Kit. ex Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum carneum A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Linum catharticum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum chamissonis Schiede	Accepted		TRO
Linum compactum A. Nelson	Accepted		TRO
Linum corymbulosum Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum cratericola Eliasson	Accepted		TRO
Linum cremnophilum I.M. Johnst.	Accepted		TRO
Linum cruciatum Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Linum decumbens Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum densiflorum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum dolomiticum Borbás	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum elegans Spruner ex Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum elongatum (Small) H.J.P. Winkl.	Accepted		TRO
Linum erigeroides A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Linum extraaxillare Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum filiforme Urb.	Accepted		TRO
Linum flagellare (Small) H.J.P. Winkl.	Accepted		TRO
Linum flavum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum grandiflorum Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum guatemalense Benth.	Accepted		TRO
Linum harlingii Eliasson	Accepted		TRO
Linum heterosepalum Regel	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum hirsutum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum hologynum Rchb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum hypericifolium Salisb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum imbricatum (Raf.) Shinners	Accepted		TRO
Linum intercursum E.P. Bicknell	Accepted		TRO
Linum kingii S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Linum komarovii Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum lasiocarpum Rose	Accepted		TRO
Linum leonii F.W.Schultz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum leucanthum Boiss. & Spruner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum linearifolium Jáv.	Accepted		TRO
Linum littorale A. St.-Hil.	Accepted		TRO
Linum longipes Rose	Accepted		TRO
Linum lundellii C.M. Rogers	Accepted		TRO
Linum macrorhizum Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum maritimum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum marojejyense (Humbert) C.M. Rogers	Accepted		TRO
Linum mcvaughii C.M. Rogers	Accepted		TRO
Linum mexicanum Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Linum modestum C.M. Rogers	Accepted		TRO
Linum mucronatum Bertol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum narbonense L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum nelsonii Rose	Accepted		TRO
Linum neomexicanum Greene	Accepted		TRO
Linum nervosum Waldst. & Kit.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum nodiflorum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum olgae Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum orizabae Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Linum pallasianum Schult.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum pallescens Bunge	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum perenne L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum polygaloides Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Linum pratense (Norton) Small	Accepted		TRO
Linum pringlei S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Linum prostratum Dombey ex Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. Heller	Accepted		TRO
Linum pubescens Banks & Sol.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum punctatum C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum ramosissimum Gay	Accepted		TRO
Linum rupestre (A. Gray) Engelm. ex A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Linum rzedowskii Arreguín	Accepted		TRO
Linum scabrellum Planch.	Accepted		TRO
Linum schiedeanum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Linum scoparium Griseb.	Accepted		TRO
Linum seljukorum P.H.Davis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum setaceum Brot.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum smithii Mildner	Accepted		TRO
Linum stelleroides Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum striatum Walter	Accepted		TRO
Linum strictum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum subbiflorum Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum subteres (Trel.) H.J.P. Winkl.	Accepted		TRO
Linum suffruticosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum tauricum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum tenellum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Linum tenue Desf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum tenuifolium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum thracicum Degen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum trigynum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum turcomanicum Juz.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum ucranicum (Griseb. ex Planch.) Czern.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum uninerve (Rochel) Jáv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum usitatissimum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum vernale Wooton	Accepted		TRO
Linum violascens Bunge	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum virginianum L.	Accepted		TRO
Linum virgultorum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Planch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Linum viscosum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 460 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Linum. Of these 108 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 127 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Linum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 460 species names for the genus Linum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	108	23.5%
◕	Synonym	123	26.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	229	49.8%

All names

The status of the 587 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Linum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	131	22.3%
◕	Synonym	210	35.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	246	41.9%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 460 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Linum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	104	112	0	0	216	47.0%
	Low confidence	4	11	0	229	244	53.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Linum, are as follows: