Linnaea
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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).
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Linnaea | |
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Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora in flower, near the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Linnaea Gronov. ex L. (1753) |
Species: | L. borealis |
Binomial name | |
Linnaea borealis L. (1753) | |
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This plant was a favourite of Carl Linnaeus, founder of the modern system of binomial nomenclature, after whom the genus was named.