Common Names
Common Names in English:
Italian Toadflax
Description
Genus Linaria
Herbs, annual
or perennial
. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled
, often sessile; veins 1 or several and campylodromous
. Inflorescences spicate
, racemose, or rarely capitate. Calyx 5-lobed almost to base
. Corolla tube
tubular
, base spurred; limb 2-lipped; lower lip convex
, dilated
toward center of upper lip, almost closed
at throat
, and making corolla personate
, 3-lobed, densely glandular
hairy
; upper lip erect, 2-lobed. Stamens 4, anterior 2 longer
; anthers
anterior and posterior connivent in 2 pairs, locules parallel, divergent after dehiscence. Stigma apex often emarginate
. Capsule ovoid
or globose
, apically dehiscing by irregular pores
, valves
irregular. Seeds numerous
, flattened, often disclike with a broadly winged
margin
, rarely 3-angled and wingless or reniform
and with a thickened margin.
About 100 species: northern temperate
zones, mainly in Asia and Europe; ten species in China.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
()
- Tribe:
Antirrhineae
()
- Genus:
Linaria
()
- Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 2. 1754.
- Toadflax
- Specific epithet:
angustissima
- (Loisel.) Borbás
- Botanical name: - Linaria angustissima (Loisel.) Borbás
- Specific epithet:
angustissima
- (Loisel.) Borbás
- Genus:
Linaria
(
- Tribe:
Antirrhineae
(
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Linaria angustissima /i> (Loisel.) Borbás
- Linaria italica Trev.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Linaria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 839 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
L. acerbiana · L. acutangula · L. acutifolia · L. acutiloba · L. adzharica · L. aegyptiaca · L. aegyptica · L. aequitriloba · L. aequitriloba fragilis · L. aequitriloba var. parviflora · L. aerugina · L. aeruginea (Roadside Toadflax) · L. aeruginea 'Aureopurpurea' · L. aeruginea cardonica · L. aeruginea nevadensis · L. aeruginea nevadensis 'Gemstones' · L. aeruginea pruinosa · L. aeruginea subsp. cardonica · L. aeruginea subsp. nevadensis · L. aeruginea subsp. pruinosa · L. affinis · L. agglutinans · L. aguillonensis · L. alaica · L. alba · L. albifrons · L. algarbiensis · L. algarviana · L. algeriensis · L. almijarensis · L. alpina (Alpen-Leinkraut) · L. alpina alpina (Alpine Toadflax) · L. alpina benearnensis · L. alpina faucicola · L. alpina guarensis · L. alpina propinqua · L. alpina 'Purpurea' · L. alpina 'Rosea' · L. alpina subsp. benearnensis · L. alpina subsp. guarensis · L. alpina var. aciculifolia · L. alpina var. badalii · L. alpina var. odoratissima · L. altaica · L. ambigua · L. amesthystea · L. amethystea · L. amethystea ignescens · L. amethystea multipunctata · L. amethystea subsp. broussonetii · L. amethystea subsp. multipunctata · L. amethystea var. ignescens · L. amethystina · L. amoi · L. amoris · L. angustealata · L. angustifolia · L. angustissima (Italian Toadflax) · L. annua · L. 'Anstey' · L. anthirrhinoides · L. anticaria · L. anticaria 'Antique Silver' · L. anticaria cuartanensis · L. anticaria rossmassleri · L. antilibanotica · L. aparinoides · L. apennina · L. aphylla · L. arabiniana · L. aragonensis · L. araratica · L. arcusangeli · L. arenaria · L. arenicola · L. arenosa · L. aristides · L. armeniaca · L. arrabidensis · L. arvensis · L. arvensis micrantha · L. arvensis simplex · L. ascalonica · L. asparagoides · L. atlantica · L. atlantica var. mathezii · L. atlantis-rifea · L. atrofusca · L. atrogularis · L. aucheri · L. aurasiaca · L. aurata · L. auriculata · L. babensis · L. baborensis · L. badachschanica · L. badali · L. badalii · L. balansae · L. baligaliensis
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Further Reading
- Tsoong Puchiu & Yang Hanbi, eds. 1979. Scrophulariaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 1-431. Tsoong Puchiu, ed. 1963. Scrophulariaceae (2). Fl. Reipulb. Popularis Sin. 68: 1-449.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 28, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 28, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland, Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
- GBIF-Spain, Real Jardin Botanico
- , Vascular Plant Herbarium
- Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667864
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503472
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13760572
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804443-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503472
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR11020
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LIAN10
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 47348
Footnotes
- "Linaria". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 49. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
