Linaceae

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Linaceae - a widely distributed family of plantsfamily Linaceae, flax familydicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationgenus Linum, Linum - a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves

Linaceae

[lī′nās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of herbaceous or shrubby dicotyledonous plants in the order Linales characterized by mostly capsular fruit, stipulate leaves, and exappendiculate petals.

Linaceae

(flax), a family of dicotyledonous plants, including grasses, subshrubs, and shrubs. The simple leaves, which are alternate or rarely opposite, have small stipules or, rarely, are exstipulate. The flowers are bisexual, regular, and five-parted (rarely four-parted). There are six genera, with approximately 250 species, found primarily in temperate and subtropical regions; some species, however, are found the tropics of the Old World. The families Hugoniaceae, Ixonanthaceae, and Humiriaceae are often included in the Linaceae. Using this classification, the family Linaceae has more than 25 genera, comprising approximately 500 species, and includes trees and lianas. These 25 genera are distributed from the tropics to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. There are two genera in the USSR— Linum and Radiola, with the latter having one species.

REFERENCES

Iuzepchuk, S. V. “L’novye-Linaceae Dumort.” In Flora SSSR, vol. 14. Moscow-Leningrad, 1949.
Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

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noun a widely distributed family of plants

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