Plant Names

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

LINUM (G)
Flax (Le)
Family: LINACEAE

linon,= flax.
linum, = flax.
(a name used by Theophrastus.**)
(LS, Ws, Le)

Linum thunbergii
Wild Flax, Wildevlas (PS)
Location: (F, K)

For Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828).**
(Ch)

The 2774 species, 679 genera and 185 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.