Linnaea borealis

Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis, Melhus Kommune, Sør Trøndelag, Norway

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dipsacales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Subfamilia: Linnaeoideae
Genus: Linnaea
Species:
Subspecies: L. b. subsp. borealis – L. b. subsp. longiflora
Varietates: L. b. var. americana – L. b. var. borealis – L. b. var. longiflora

Name

Linnaea borealis L. (1753)
Note: The acceptance of infraspecifics is uncertain and varies according to countries and sources. For example, EMD and Tropicos does not accept any, POWO prefers varieties and Hassler subspecies. As of 2025 the consensus is now to accept varieties not subspecies.

Synonymy

  • Linnaea albiloba Brenner
  • Linnaea americana Forbes
  • Linnaea amoenula Wittr. apud Brenner
  • Linnaea australis Hoffmannsegg
  • Linnaea foveolata Brenner
  • Linnaea jugosa Brenner
  • Linnaea longiflora Howell
  • Linnaea parvisignata Brenner
  • Linnaea pseudoproterantha Pampan.
  • Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner
  • Linnaea roseoalba Brenner
  • Linnaea rotundata Brenner
  • Linnaea serpyllifolia Rydb.
  • Linnaea subconfluens Brenner
  • Linnaea subjugosa Brenner
  • Linnaea subsulcata Brenner
  • Linnaea subviolascens Brenner
  • Linnaea sulcata Brenner
  • Linnaea tenuiflora Brenner
  • Linnaea tenuisignata Brenner
  • Linnaea tenuisulcata Brenner
  • Linnaea vicina Wittr. apud Brenner
  • Obolaria borealis (L.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
      • Austria, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, N- & C-European Russia, Ukraine, Sweden
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
      • Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Russian Far East (Kuril Isl., Sakhalin), China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, ?Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang), Mongolia, North Korea
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alaska, Aleutes, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Northern Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Greenland, St. Pierre et Miquelon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references


Vernacular names

  • العربية: لينيا شمالية
  • čeština: Zimozel severní
  • Cymraeg: Blodyn deuben
  • dansk: Linnæa
  • Deutsch: Moosglöckchen
  • English: Twinflower
  • Esperanto: Lineo-kloŝo
  • español: Flor gemela
  • eesti: Harakkuljus
  • فارسی: لینه
  • suomi: Vanamo
  • français: Linnée boréale
  • Frysk: Linnaeusklokje
  • hornjoserbsce: Prawy mochowy zwónčk
  • italiano: Linnea
  • 日本語: リンネソウ
  • қазақша: Терістік линнея
  • 한국어: 린네풀
  • lietuvių: Šiaurinė linėja
  • latviešu: Ziemeļu linneja
  • Nederlands: Linnaeusklokje
  • norsk nynorsk: Linnea
  • norsk: Linnea
  • polski: Zimoziół północny
  • پنجابی: لنیا
  • русский: Линнея северная
  • davvisámegiella: Vándádivga
  • svenska: Linnea
  • українська: Ліннея північна
  • Tiếng Việt: Hoa kép
  • 中文: 北极花
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