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Issue: Vol. 236 No. 3: 1 December 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.3.13
Page range: 296–298
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Lectotypification of the Linnaean name Linum campanulatum (Linaceae)

School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino – Floristic Research Center of the Apennine (National Park of Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains), San Colombo, 67021 Barisciano (L’Aquila), Italy
Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Department PDTA, University of Rome Sapienza, Via Flaminia 72, 00196 Rome, Italy.
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Linnaean name Linum Nomenclature Typification General

Abstract

The genus Linum Linnaeus (1753: 277) consists of about 200 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions of the world. The Mediterranean area can be considered one of the centers of diversity of this genus (Greuter et al. 1989, Yilmaz et al. 2003, Yilmaz & Kaynak 2008, 2010, Tugay et al. 2010, Peruzzi 2011, Ruiz-Martin et al. 2015).