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Linaceae (flax, linseed family) Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
There are 15 genera and about 300 species worldwide
(cosmopolitan) of which two genera and 15 species occur in southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from Bredenkamp (2000).
Hugonia
A total of 35 species (mainly Old World tropics) of which
one species, Hugonia orientalis, is native to southern Africa (Mpumalanga).
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Linum
About 230 species (temperate and subtropical regions
worldwide), of which 14 species are native to southern Africa.
Linum usitatissimum
(Flax; Linseed), which is probably native to
Asia, is cultivated in southern Africa.
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Exotic genera cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002)
Reinwardtia
Yellow flax Reinwardtia indica, which is
indigenous from India to China, is cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Linaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 337-338.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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