Circumpolar species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family
Linnaea
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Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis in flower, at Altevatn, Bardu, in Troms, Norway
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Asterids
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Order:
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Dipsacales
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Family:
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Caprifoliaceae
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Subfamily:
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Linnaeoideae
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Genus:
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Linnaea Gronov. ex L. (1753)
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Species:
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L. borealis
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Binomial name
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Linnaea borealis
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Varieties[1]
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- Linnaea borealis var. americana (J.Forbes) Rehder
- Linnaea borealis var. borealis
- Linnaea borealis var. longiflora Torr.
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Synonyms[1]
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List
- Linnaea albiloba Brenner
- Linnaea americana J.Forbes
- Linnaea amoenula Wittr.
- Linnaea amoenula var. pallida Brenner
- Linnaea amoenula var. rubra Brenner
- Linnaea australis Hoffmanns.
- Linnaea borealis subsp. americana (J.Forbes) Hultén
- Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora (Torr.) Piper & Beattie
- Linnaea borealis var. pallida Sern.
- Linnaea borealis subf. pallida Brenner
- Linnaea borealis var. pallida Sern.
- Linnaea borealis subf. rubra Brenner
- Linnaea borealis var. sulphurescens Jungner
- Linnaea borealis var. sulphurescens Jungner
- Linnaea foveolata Brenner
- Linnaea jugosa Brenner
- Linnaea longiflora Howell
- Linnaea parvisignata Brenner
- Linnaea pyrrosema Brenner
- Linnaea roseoalba Brenner
- Linnaea rotundata Brenner
- Linnaea serpyllifolia Rupr.
- 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.
- Obolaria borealis (L.) Kuntze
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Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). It is the only species in the genus Linnaea.[1] It is a boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub, commonly known as twinflower (sometimes written twin flower).
This plant was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus, founder of the modern system of binomial nomenclature, after whom the genus was named.