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Accepted name: 
Linum usitatissimum L. [Linaceae]
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aakawa yob Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aalas Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
agase beeja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agase gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agase naaru Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agasebeeja Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
agashi Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
agasi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
agastha Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akasi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasee beeja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alashi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alashiberu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alasibija Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alci Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ali Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ali vittu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alici Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alici vitai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alish Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alishi-virai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alishivirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alisi virai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alivirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alleverei Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsee Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alshi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alshi virai Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alsi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alsi alish Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alsi katan Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
alsi nim bariyan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsi-ka-tel Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsi-sanbyam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ama Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ankejil guib Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
arasi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
atasi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
atasī (seed) Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
athasee Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athasee gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athasi gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atshi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
atushi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
auma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avisa Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
avishi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avisi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
basarak Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
basarak katun Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bazarug Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazarulkatan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazarutkattan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazr ul kattan Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bazr-ul-katan Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bazrul-kattan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bedr kitan Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
bi-thawar Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bidharrat alkitan Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
budrapatni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiracura Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerucana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
cheru charm Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
cheru-chanattinte-vitta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheruchanan-vittinteuilta Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
cheruchanavittintevilta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chih ma Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
common flax Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
common flax plant Other Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
cultivated flax Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhonul-kattan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flachs Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flax Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flax plant Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
flax seed Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
flax seed oil Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
flaxseed Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
flaxseed oil Other WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
hab e kattan Other Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hab kattan Other Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
haimwati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hnan-kyat Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hu ma Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hu ma tzu Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hú má Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
irish flax Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
javas Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
javasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jequirity Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kahtan Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kain atish Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
katan Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kattan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katān Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kayavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenu Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
keten Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kettan Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
kitan Other Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
kitani Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kittan Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kshauma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshaumi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshumaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ksuma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuman Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kṣumā Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
la plata linseed Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lein Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leinsamen Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
lika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lin Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
linaza Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, México (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
linhaça Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
linho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
lini oleum virginale Pharmaceutical European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
lini semen Pharmaceutical E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
lino Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
linseed Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
linseed enne Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
linseed oil Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
linseed oil, virgin Other European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
linseeds Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lint bells Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
linum usitatissimum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
linári Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
little seed of flax Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
liñu Other MHT. 103 Especies Vegetales (Ministero de Salud, Chile, 2010)
low linolenic acid flaxseed oil (unhydrogenated) Other Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
low linolenic acid linseed oil Other Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
madagandha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
madana-ginjalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanaginja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanaginjalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanginjalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
madotkata Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malina Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masina Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
masrina Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrind Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrnaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
masruna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masuna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mauverchala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
migyaung-kumbat Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mûma Other Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
nalla agisi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla avisi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilapushpi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nilapushpika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilapuspi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilpushpika Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ol (mo) se Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paiksan Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
parvathi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peso Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pichhila Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghan alsi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-katan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-zaghir Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saatlein Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
san Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme agase beeja Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semeagare Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
semeegara Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
semen lini Pharmaceutical Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semina lini Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
serroo sanulverei Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shān zhī má Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sib muma Other Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
sirrali Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
solin oil Other Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
sunila Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tailottama Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thange Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tisi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tisi-ka-tel Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tisinam Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
to kitan Other Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
tukhm-e-katan Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tukhme-katan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-zaghir Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-zaqhir Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhmekatan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tusi Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ullusulu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
uma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
umā Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
virai Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
virgin linseed oil Other British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
white flax seed Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
woo mah chee Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ya ma Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ya ma zi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yamazi Other Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Pharmacop. of China (2015)
yà má Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yà má yè Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yā má Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zagher Other Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
zaghir Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaghu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zar ma Other Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
zar ma i me tog Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
λινάρι Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ةرذب ناتكلا Other Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
كتان Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཟར་མ། Other Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
亚麻 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
亚麻叶 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
亚麻子 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山脂麻 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡麻 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鸦麻 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)