This paper reviewed the study history and advance of collection , taxonomy , evolution and application of molecule technique in linum species , and emphasized that it is urgently needed to have linum species in systematically studied china 摘要本文对亚麻近缘种收集、分类、进化以及分子技术的应用等方面的研究进行了回顾,并指出有必要对中国亚麻属植物进行系统的研究。