The
Linaceae is a
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
s, mostly
herbaceousA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
or rarely woody plants, sometimes large
treeA tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s in the tropics. The simple entire leaves are almost always alternate, sometimes with stipules. The hermaphroditic, actinimorphic flowers are pentameric, or very rarely tetrameric. The family is
cosmopolitanIn biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is a state of being found almost anywhere around the world. A cosmopolitan biological category, e.g. genus, may be called a cosmopolite.Examples of cosmopolitan species:* Humans* House dust mite...
, with some 250 species. There are 14 genera, the largest being
LinumLinum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax , the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.The flowers of most species are blue...
, the flaxes, with 180-200 species. The genera are classified in two subfamilies, the primarily temperate Linoideae, and the tropical Hugonioideae (sometimes considered a distinct family, the Hugoniaceae).
Genera in subfamily Linoideae
- Anisadenia
- Cliococca
- Hesperolinon
Hesperolinon is a genus in the family Linaceae, whose common genus name is dwarf flax. There are 13 known species within this genus of wildflowers, most of which are limited to serpentine soil habitats within California, USA...
- Linum
Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax , the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.The flowers of most species are blue...
- Radiola
- Reinwardtia
- Sclerolinon
- Tirpitzia
Genera in subfamily Hugonioideae (Hugoniaceae)
- Durandea
- Hebepetalum
- Hugonia
Hugonia is a genus of plant in family Linaceae.Species include:* Hugonia macrophylla, Oliv.* Hugonia micans, Engl....
- Indorouchera
- Philbornea
- Roucheria
Under the old
Cronquist systemA system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's...
of classifying the flowering plants, the Linaceae was placed in its own
orderIn scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
LinalesLinales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system used this name for an order placed in subclass Rosidae with the following circumscription :* order Linales*: family Erythroxylaceae...
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The
Linaceae is a
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of
flowering plantThe flowering plants or angiosperms are the most diverse group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants...
s, mostly
herbaceousA herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
or rarely woody plants, sometimes large
treeA tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s in the tropics. The simple entire leaves are almost always alternate, sometimes with stipules. The hermaphroditic, actinimorphic flowers are pentameric, or very rarely tetrameric. The family is
cosmopolitanIn biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is a state of being found almost anywhere around the world. A cosmopolitan biological category, e.g. genus, may be called a cosmopolite.Examples of cosmopolitan species:* Humans* House dust mite...
, with some 250 species. There are 14 genera, the largest being
LinumLinum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax , the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.The flowers of most species are blue...
, the flaxes, with 180-200 species. The genera are classified in two subfamilies, the primarily temperate Linoideae, and the tropical Hugonioideae (sometimes considered a distinct family, the Hugoniaceae).
Genera in subfamily Linoideae
- Anisadenia
- Cliococca
- Hesperolinon
Hesperolinon is a genus in the family Linaceae, whose common genus name is dwarf flax. There are 13 known species within this genus of wildflowers, most of which are limited to serpentine soil habitats within California, USA...
- Linum
Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax , the bast fibre of which is used to produce linen and the seeds to produce linseed oil.The flowers of most species are blue...
- Radiola
- Reinwardtia
- Sclerolinon
- Tirpitzia
Genera in subfamily Hugonioideae (Hugoniaceae)
- Durandea
- Hebepetalum
- Hugonia
Hugonia is a genus of plant in family Linaceae.Species include:* Hugonia macrophylla, Oliv.* Hugonia micans, Engl....
- Indorouchera
- Philbornea
- Roucheria
Under the old
Cronquist systemA system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's...
of classifying the flowering plants, the Linaceae was placed in its own
orderIn scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
LinalesLinales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system used this name for an order placed in subclass Rosidae with the following circumscription :* order Linales*: family Erythroxylaceae...
. Modern classifications place it in the order
MalpighialesMalpighiales is one of the largest orders of flowering plants, containing about 16000 species, approximately 7.8% of the eudicots. The order is very diverse and hard to recognize except with molecular phylogenetic evidence. It is not part of any of the classification systems that are based only...
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