Abstract
The diploid chromosome number for the EuropeanLinum hologynum and the haploid number for the AustralianL. monogynum is 42 and appears to establish a new and distinctive base number for sect.Linum. The possession by these two species and by the AustralianL. marginale of multiporate pollen and united styles, a unique combination of features in sect.Linum, may warrant the establishment of a new subsection in that section to accommodate the three species.
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Rogers, C.M. A further note on the relationships of the EuropeanLinum hologynum and the Australian species ofLinum (Linaceae). Pl Syst Evol 147, 327–328 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989393
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