Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Linaceae
 Description

Herbs, shrubs or trees. Lvs alternate or opposite, simple; stipules present, 0, or glandular. Fls ☿, sometimes heterostylous, actinomorphic, usually solitary or arranged in dichasia or corymbs. Calyx 4–5-merous; segments free or partly united, imbricate. Petals 4–5, usually free. Stamens as many as or twice as many as petals, sometimes alternating with small staminodes; filaments connate at base; anthers 2-locular. Ovary superior, 3–5-locular, each loculus subdivided again; styles 2–5, filiform, free or partly united; ovules 2 per loculus, pendulous. Fr. usually a septicidal capsule, rarely a drupe. Seeds compressed, endosperm 0 to copious.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Number of species in New Zealand within Linaceae
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Exotic: Fully Naturalised4
Exotic: Casual2
Total7
 Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.