Linnaea

Linnaea is a plant genus which has often been classified in the family Caprifoliaceae (the Honeysuckle family) but may be more accurately considered to belong to its own family, Linnaeaceae. The genus includes a single, generally boreal to subarctic woodland subshrub species, Linnaea borealis, 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 it was named.

Classification

The genus Linnaea is now considered to include only a single, circumboreal species, Linnaea borealis, with three subspecies generally recognized:

The genus Linnaea is usually treated in the Caprifoliaceae, along with Lonicera, Symphoricarpos, and related genera, but sometimes classified in its own family Linnaeaceae, along with such similar genera as Abelia, Dipelta, Kolkwitzia, and Zabelia, but not Lonicera or Symphoricarpos.

8898 Linnaea

8898 Linnaea (1995 SL5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1995 by Gary P. Emerson at Golden, Colorado.

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