Linnets and Twite
Linaria
Linaria is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae) that contains the twite and the linnets. The genus name linaria is the Latin for a linen-weaver, from linum, "flax".
The species were formerly included in the genus Carduelis. A molecular phylogenetic study using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences published in 2012 found that the genus was polyphyletic. It was therefore split into monophyletic genera and the twite and the linnets moved to the resurrected genus Linaria. The name had originally been introduced in 1802 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Eurasian Linnet
speciesLinaria cannabina
Twite
speciesLinaria flavirostris
Yemen Linnet
speciesLinaria yemenensis
Warsangli Linnet
speciesLinaria johannis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 3 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.49
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.169
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.180
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.753
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.341
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.92
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.147
Garden of Health
1507 · p.195
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.195
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.430
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.429
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.754
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 558423.