Linanthus

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Linanthus demissus 1.jpg

|taxon = Linanthus

|authority = Benth. (1833)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 26, see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30004695-2 Linanthus Benth.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

|synonyms =

Fenzlia {{small|Benth. (1833), nom. illeg.}}
Leptodactylon {{small|Hook. & Arn. (1839)}}
Tintinabulum {{small|Rydb. (1917)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Linanthus is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the phlox family Polemoniaceae. The species are found in western North America and in Chile, with the greatest diversity in California.

The stems are erect, with multiple branches arising directly from the base, and grow 2–15 cm tall. The leaves are stem-like (cauline) and opposite, with shapes ranging from entire to palmately lobed, the 3-9 lobes being linear to lanceolate or spatulate. Flowers have a tubular calyx, and the corolla may be funnel- or bell-shaped, or {{linktext|salverform}}.

The genus name is from the Greek for "flax flower", since the flowers superficially resemble those of flax. The genus has recently been split, with many of the species formerly included now transferred to the genus Leptosiphon (Jepson Manual).

Species

26 species are accepted.

Linanthus arenicola {{small|(M.E.Jones) Jeps. & V.L.Bailey}}
Linanthus bellus {{small|(Gray) Greene}}
Linanthus bernardinus {{small|N.S.Fraga & D.S.Bell}}
Linanthus bigelovii {{small|(A. Gray) Greene}}
Linanthus caespitosus {{small|(Nutt.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus californicus {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus campanulatus {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus concinnus {{small|Milliken}}
Linanthus demissus {{small|(A. Gray) Greene}}
Linanthus dianthiflorus {{small|(Benth.) Greene}}
Linanthus dichotomus {{small|Benth.}}
Linanthus filiformis {{small|(Parry ex A. Gray) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson}}
Linanthus glaber {{small|(R.Patt. & Yoder-Will.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus graciosus {{small|Milliken}}
Linanthus inyoensis {{small|(I.M.Johnst.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus jaegeri {{small|(Munz) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus jonesii {{small|(A. Gray) Greene}}
Linanthus killipii {{small|H. Mason}}
Linanthus maricopensis {{small|J.M.Porter & R.Patt.}}
Linanthus orcuttii {{small|(Parry & A. Gray) Jeps.}}
Linanthus parryae {{small|(A. Gray) Greene}}
Linanthus pungens {{small|(Torr.) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson}}
Linanthus veatchii {{small|(Parry ex Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}}
Linanthus viscainensis {{small|Moran}}
Linanthus watsonii {{small|(A. Gray) J.M. Porter & L.A. Johnson}}

=Formerly placed here=

Leptosiphon acicularis {{small|Jeps.}} (as Linanthus acicularis {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon ambiguus {{small|(Rattan) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus ambiguus {{small|(Rattan) Greene}})
Leptosiphon androsaceus {{small|Benth.}} (as Linanthus androsaceus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon bicolor {{small|Nutt.}} (as Linanthus bicolor {{small|(Nutt.) Greene}})
Leptosiphon bolanderi {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus bolanderi {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon breviculus {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus breviculus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon ciliatus {{small|(Benth.) Jeps.}} (as Linanthus ciliatus {{small|(Benth.) Greene}})
Leptosiphon filipes {{small|(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus filipes {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon floribundus {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus floribundus {{small|(A.Gray) Greene ex Milliken}})
Leptosiphon grandiflorus {{small|Benth.}} (as Linanthus grandiflorus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon harknessii {{small|(Curran) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus harknessii {{small|(Curran) Greene}})
Leptosiphon lemmonii {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus lemmonii {{small|(A.Gray) Greene}})
Leptosiphon liniflorus {{small|(Benth.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus liniflorus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon montanus {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus montanus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon nudatus {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus nudatus {{small|Greene}})
Leptosiphon nuttallii {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus nuttallii {{small|(A.Gray) Greene ex Milliken}})
Leptosiphon oblanceolatus {{small|(Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus oblanceolatus {{small|Eastw. ex Brand}})
Leptosiphon pachyphyllus {{small|(R.Patt.) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus pachyphyllus {{small|R.Patt.}})
Leptosiphon parviflorus {{small|Benth.}} (as Linanthus parviflorus {{small|(Benth.) Greene}})
Leptosiphon pygmaeus {{small|(Brand) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus pygmaeus {{small|(Brand) J.T.Howell}})
Leptosiphon rattanii {{small|(A.Gray) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus rattanii {{small|(A.Gray) Greene}})
Leptosiphon septentrionalis {{small|(H.Mason) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus septentrionalis {{small|H.Mason}})
Leptosiphon serrulatus {{small|(Greene) J.M.Porter & L.A.Johnson}} (as Linanthus serrulatus {{small|Greene}})
Maculigilia maculata {{small|(Parish) V.E.Grant}} (as Linanthus maculatus {{small|(Parish) Milliken}})

References

[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Linanthus Jepson Manual: Linanthus]
Robert W. Patterson (1977) Madroño 24: 36–48

Category:Polemoniaceae genera

Category:Flora of Northern America

Category:Taxa named by George Bentham