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Linaceae
Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes about 250 species in 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: the Linoideae and Hugonioideae. Description The leaves of the Linaceae are always simple; arrangement varies from alternate (most species) to opposite (in '' Sclerolinon'' and some '' Linum'') or whorled (in some '' Hesperolinon'' and '' Linum'' species). The hermaphroditic, actinomorphic flowers are pentameric or, very rarely, tetrameric (e.g., '' Radiola linoides'', '' Linum keniense''). Taxonomy Under the old Cronquist system of classifying the flowering plants, the Linaceae were placed in their own order, the Linales. Modern classifications place them in the order Malpighiales. In addition to their growth habits and geographic distributions, the two subfamilies can be differentiated by the number of fertile stamens (five in the Linoideae, ten in the Hugonioideae) and fruit type (capsules in the Linoideae, fleshy drupe- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sclerolinon
''Sclerolinon'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the flax family (Linaceae) containing the single species ''Sclerolinon digynum'', which is known by the common names northwestern yellowflax and yellow hard flax. It is native to the western United States, where it has been recorded in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and as far south as central California. It grows in seasonally wet habitats, such as mountain meadows and vernal pools. It is an annual herb producing a hairless, erect stem up to tall. The leaves are oval in shape, and the upper leaves have serrated edges. They are oppositely arranged about the stem and grow erect instead of spreading away from the stem. The inflorescence is a cyme of flowers surrounded by serrated, leaflike bracts. The flower has five yellow petals in a calyx of toothed sepals. ''S. digynum'' is the only member of the Linaceae family which has both yellow flowers and serrated leaves. Classification ''S. digynum'' was formerly included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malpighiales
The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest Order (biology), orders of flowering plants. The order is very diverse, with well-known members including willows, Viola (plant), violets, aspens and Populus, poplars, Euphorbia pulcherrima, poinsettia, Rafflesia arnoldii, corpse flower, Coca, coca plant, Manihot esculenta, cassava, Linum usitatissimum, flaxseed, Ricinus communis, castor bean, Hypericum perforatum, Saint John's wort, Passiflora edulis, passionfruit, Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen, and Hippomane mancinella, manchineel tree. The order is not part of any of the Systematics, classification systems based only on plant morphology and the relationships of its diverse members can be hard to recognize except with molecular phylogenetic evidence. Molecular clock calculations estimate the origin of stem group Malpighiales at around 100 million years ago (mya (unit), Mya) and the origin of crown group Malpighiales at about 90 Mya. The Malpighiales contain about 36 families and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesperolinon
''Hesperolinon'' is a genus in the family Linaceae, whose common genus names are dwarf-flax or western flax, in reference to their distribution along the west coast of North America. There are 13 known species within this genus of wildflowers, most of which are limited to serpentine soil habitats within California, United States. Helen K. Sharsmith, 1961 ''Univ Calif Publ Bot'', 32:235–314 These annual plants are thought to be mostly self-pollinating. Description Stems vary between five and fifty centimeters in length, with thread-like to linear leaves generally alternate: the leaves are typically not planar and not clasping. Cymes are characteristically open and pedicels are somewhat thread-like and ascending. The flower has five sepals, whose margins may be minutely gland-toothed. Five petals are widely spreading between one and twelve millimeters in dimension. These yellow, white or rose colored petals each manifest three minute scales at the inner base. There are five sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roucheria
''Roucheria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. Its native range is Nicaragua to southern Tropical America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern, north-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. The genus name of ''Roucheria'' is in honour of Jean-Antoine Roucher Jean-Antoine Roucher (February 22, 1745 - July 25, 1794), was a French poet. Roucher was born in Montpellier, the son of a tailor. His epithalamium on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette won him the favour of Turgot, and a salt-tax collectorship. H ... (1745–1794), a French poet. It was first described and published in London J. Bot. Vol.6 on page 141 in 1847. Known species According to Kew: *'' Roucheria calophylla'' *'' Roucheria columbiana'' *'' Roucheria elata'' *'' Roucheria laxiflora'' *'' Roucheria monsalveae'' *'' Roucheria schomburgkii'' *'' Roucheria sipapoensis'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q611 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indorouchera
''Indorouchera'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It only contains one species, ''Indorouchera contestiana''. Its native range is Cambodia to Vietnam and Borneo. Description A liana that can grow up to long, or sometimes a shrub that can grow up to tall. It has leaves that are elliptic to ovate in shape and they are long and wide. The stipules are liguliform (strap-shaped) to shallowly triangular in shape. They are entire to crenate and long and wide. The flowers are in 4-7 flowered fascicles (small or slender bundles). The sepals are elliptic to ovate in shape. They are long and wide. The stamens are 1.8-2.2 mm long and 2.5-3.5 mm wide. The ovary is 3-loculed (has 3 chambers), rather smooth, cylindric to ovoid in shape and 0.8-1 mm long and 0.6-0.7 mm wide. It has 1 or 2 seeds which are ventrally attached (fixed to the belly or underneath). They are often asymmetric, semi-ovoid in shape and 2.5—2.1 mm long and 1.7-1.9 wide. Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebepetalum
''Hebepetalum'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes about 250 species in 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: the Linoideae and Hugonioideae. Description The leaves of the Linaceae are always simple; arran .... Its native range is Southern Tropical America. Species: *'' Hebepetalum humiriifolium'' *'' Hebepetalum neblinae'' *'' Hebepetalum roraimense'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5893269 Linaceae Malpighiales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinwardtia
''Reinwardtia indica'', yellow flax or pyoli, is a species of Linaceae found in the Himalayas. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Reinwardtia''. Distribution This flower comes from the Himalayas in both China and northern India. Uses A yellow dye made from the flowers is used for dyeing clothes and making paints. Culture Pyoli is the subject of many folk songs. According to Garhwali and Kumaoni folklore, Pyoli was a young maiden living in the forest. She was raised by animals and her first human contact was in the form of a prince who had lost his way during a hunting expedition. She tended after him and of course he fell in love with her. He persuaded her to marry him and accompany him to his palace. Although she loved the prince she started wilting away in the absence of a natural environment. No one could cure her and finally she died pining for her flora and fauna friends. Her last wish was that she should be buried among her friends. The prince took her to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiola (plant)
''Radiola linoides'' is the sole species in the ''Radiola'' genus, a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae. It has the common names of 'allseed' and 'flaxseed'. It has a very short stem which is repeatedly subdivided, with a pair of very small leaves and a single white flower at each fork and at the end of the branches. It has leaves which are opposite arranged, oval (in shape) and sessile. Description ''Radiola linoides'' is a small, Herbaceous plant, herbaceous, Annual plant, annual. It is commonly overlooked due to its size, and delicate form. It is between tall, and dichotomously branched, (meaning dividing at axils into 2 branches), repeatedly subdivided, or forked. The hairless, stems are very slender, threadlike, about 0.5 mm in diameter. They are often purple-flushed, or reddish. The leaves are arranged Phyllotaxis, opposite, and are obovate, or ovate to elliptic in form. They are very small, only long and dull green or slightly glau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
