The flax plants (Linaceae) are a family of the bloom plants.

Characteristics

The flax plants are usually herbs, partially bushes, rare trees. The sheets are not always undivided and possess The are free and 4 - or The Fruchtknoten is upper constant and consists of 2 to 5

Systematics

One divides the Linaceae into 2 Unterfamilien, the Linoideae and the Hugonioideae.

Linoideae

The Linoideae has usually narrow sheets and to form as fruit a cap out. One differentiates between 8 kinds, which require however a revision:

• Flax (Linum) (approx. 180 kinds; kosmopolitisch)
• Hesperolinon (13 kinds; California)
• Anisadenia (2 kinds; Central Asia)
• Tirpitzia (2 kinds; China, Southeast Asia)
• Cliococca (1 kind (C. selaginoides); South America)
• Radiola (1 kind (R. of linoides); Europe, North Africa, Asia)
• Reinwardtia (1 kind; China, India)
• Sclerolinon (1 kind (S. digynum); Central and west America)

Hugenioideae

The Hugenioideae possesses quite broad sheets and forms a Steinfrucht. One differentiates between 8 kinds, among other things Hugonia, Hebepetalum, Indorouchera, Philbornea and Roucheria.

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