린네풀-Linnaea borealis L.

과명	Caprifoliaceae (인동과)	속명	Linnaea (린네풀속)
전체학명	[정명] Linnaea borealis L.	추천명	린네풀
이명	린네덩굴	외국명	Twinflower,リンネソウ

Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family). Until 2013, it was the only species in the genus Linnaea. It is a boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub, commonly known as twinflower (sometimes written twin flower).

This plant was a favorite of Carl Linnaeus, founder of the modern system of binomial nomenclature, for whom the genus was named.

Description

 

The leaves are under 1cm long, with a few shallow teeth on the upper half.

The perennial stems of Linnaea borealis are slender, pubescent, and prostrate, growing to 20–40 centimetres (7.9–15.7 in) long, with opposite evergreen rounded oval leaves 3–10 millimetres (0.12–0.39 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) broad. The flowering stems curve erect, to 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) tall, and are leafless except at the base. The flowers are paired, pendulous, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, with a five-lobed, pale pink corolla.

Taxonomy

Linnaea borealis was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. It was then the sole species in the genus Linnaea. The genus name had been used earlier by the Dutch botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius, and was given in honour of Linnaeus. Linnaeus adopted the name because Linnaea borealis was his favourite plant.

Linnaea borealis is considered to be a single circumboreal species, with three generally recognized subspecies:

• Linnaea borealis subsp. borealis - Europe
• Linnaea borealis subsp. americana - North America (formerly classified as the species Linnaea americana)
• Linnaea borealis subsp. longiflora - Asia, and western North America (from Alaska to California)

The English name "twinflower" for Linnaea borealis refers to the plant's paired flowers.

Linnaea borealis - Wikipedia

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