What is Linaceae?
{{taxobox |name = Linaceae |image = Linum_pubescens.jpg |image_caption = ''Linum pubescens'' |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]] |ordo = [[Malpighiales]] |familia = '''Linaceae''' |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text }} The '''Linaceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes exactly 250 species. There are 14 genera, [[classification|classified]] into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae (often recognized as a distinct family, the Hugoniaceae). Leaves of Linaceae are always simple. Their arrangement varies from alternate (most species) to opposite (in ''Sclerolinon'' and some ''[[Linum]]'') or whorled (in some ''Hesperolinon'' and ''Linum''). {{biology-stub}} [[category:Malpighiales]] [[Category:Plant families]]