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Taxon:  Linum usitatissimum L.



Summary
Genus:
Linum
Family:
Linaceae
Subfamily:
Linoideae
Nomen number:
22361
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:277. 1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (8  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumort.
Linum humile Mill.
Linum usitatissimum L. unranked humile (Mill.) Pers.
Linum usitatissimum L. subsp. transitorium Vavilov & Elladi
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Reference(s)
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  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Allaby, R. G. et al. 2005. Evidence of the domestication history of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) from genetic diversity of the sad2 locus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 112:58-65. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122
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  5. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  7. Diederichsen, A. & K. Hammer. 1994. Variation of cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum L. subsp.usitatissimum) and its wild progenitor pale flax (subsp.angustifolium (Huds.) Thell.). Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 42:253. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
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  9. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
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  11. Fu, Y.-B. & R. G. Allaby. 2010. Phylogenetic network of Linum species as revealed by non-coding chloroplast DNA sequences. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:667-677. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
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  13. Fu, Y.-B. 2011. Genetic evidence for early flax domestication with capsular dehiscence. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 58:1119-1128. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
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  17. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  18. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
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Common names
English
flax –
linseed –
Arabic
kettan –
French
lin –
German
Flachs –
Saatlein –
Italian
lino –
Portuguese
linhaça –
linho –
Spanish
lino –
Swahili
kitani –
Swedish
lin –
Transcribed Chinese
ya ma –
Transcribed Korean
ama –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Food additives
gelling agent (fide PROTA4U) –
Human food
oil/fat (fide PROTA4U) –
Materials
fiber (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 42:263. 1994) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Dict Econ Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –


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