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Linum

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Also known as flax

Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax (L. usitatissimum), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil. thumb|right|Linum narbonense The flowers of most species are blue or yellow, rarely red, white, or pink, and some are heterostylous. There is an average of 6 to 10 seeds per boll.

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Linum is a genus of plants within the family Linaceae. It belongs to the order Malpighiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is commonly known as flax, with other names including Етен, Lins, and Лён. Its taxonomic type is Linum usitatissimum.

The genus comprises 230 species, primarily produced in the European Mediterranean region. Most are annual herbaceous plants, while a few are semi-shrubs. The fruit type is a capsule. The name Linum has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Encyclopedia of Life, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

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Linum

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyLinaceae
Observations recorded810,470

亚麻属（学名：Linum）是亚麻科下的一个属，为一年生草本植物，少数为半灌木植物。该属共有230种，主要产自欧洲地中海区。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,127
With media
1,713
Family
Linaceae
Collections
GH, ECOSUR, INECOL, FCF-UANL, FC-UNAM, IEA-UAT
Recorded in
Mexico, United States
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Research

5,282 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Cultivation
  • Selected species
  • See also
  • References
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Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. The genus includes the common flax (L. usitatissimum), the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil. thumb|right|Linum narbonense The flowers of most species are blue or yellow, rarely red, white, or pink, and some are heterostylous. There is an average of 6 to 10 seeds per boll.

Linum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the cabbage moth, the nutmeg, the setaceous Hebrew character and Coleophora striolatella, which feeds exclusively on Linum narbonense.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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