Tilia
Sign in to saveTilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The species are known as linden or lime for the European and Asian species, and linden or basswood for North American species and more generally in American literature. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, but the genus also occurs widely in Europe and eastern North America. Under the Cronquist classification system, this genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research summarised by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the incorporation of t
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Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees commonly called linden, lime, or basswood, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere with the greatest variety found in Asia. These trees matter because they are widespread across Europe, Asia, and North America, and their classification has been refined through genetic research that reorganized their family placement in modern plant taxonomy.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Common Name: white pear
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Research
857 papers- Anthropological significance of Tilia trees in Japan.Ecology and evolution · 2023
- American linden, Tilia americana.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2002
- Tilia Europæa.The Homoeopathic physician · 1882
Article
21 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Subdivision
- Species
- Hybrids
- Extinct species
- Selected cultivars
- Etymology
- Ecology
- Uses
- Wood
- Bark
- Nectar
- Phytochemicals
- Other uses
- In culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The species are known as linden or lime for the European and Asian species, and linden or basswood for North American species and more generally in American literature. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, but the genus also occurs widely in Europe and eastern North America. Under the Cronquist classification system, this genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research summarised by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the incorporation of this genus, and of most of the previous family, into the Malvaceae.
Tilia is the only known ectomycorrhizal genus in the family Malvaceae. Studies of ectomycorrhizal relations of Tilia species indicate a wide range of fungal symbionts and a preference toward Ascomycota fungal partners.