The Taxonomic Significance of the Fatty Acid Content of Seeds of Linum

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Abstract
About sixty taxa in the genusLinum are arranged systematically and are compared using data published earlier for the fatty acid content of their seeds. Plants of sect.Linum, of sect.Dasylinum, and Old World species of sect.Linastrum generally have higher percentages of linolenic acid and lower percentages of linoleic acid; plants of sect.Syllinum, of sect.Cathartolinum, and New World species of sect.Linastrum have the reverse tendencies. The segregation ofL. stelleroides from other species of sect.Linum and the maintenance ofL. tenuifolium in a section separate from other tested species are supported.

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