Tilia

Also known as Basswood genus, Linden genus, Lime genus, lime tree, linden tree

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 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

European Firebug

Tilia

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalvales
FamilyMalvaceae

Native toAlabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central

Observations98,126

Observations recorded1,203,990

Common Name: white pear

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Research

857 papers

Anthropological significance of Tilia trees in Japan.ReviewEcology and evolution · 2023Janowski DDOI: 10.1002/ece3.10303
American linden, Tilia americana.ReviewAnnals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2002Weber RW
Tilia Europæa.The Homoeopathic physician · 1882Lippe A
Anatomy and micromorphology of Tilia species from Turkey and its taxonomic implication.Microscopy research and technique · 2024Strelnikov BG, Gürdal BDOI: 10.1002/jemt.24634
Cryo-attenuated properties of Tilia miqueliana pericarps and seeds.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Wu Y, Sun XR, Peng CY et al.DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1228069
Commodity risk assessment of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos plants from the UK.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2024EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Bragard C, Baptista P et al.DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8803
Nutlets of Tilia cordata Mill. and Tilia platyphyllos Scop. - Source of bioactive compounds.Food chemistry · 2021Siger A, Antkowiak W, Dwiecki K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128888
Linden (Tilia cordata) associated bumble bee mortality: Metabolomic analysis of nectar and bee muscle.PloS one · 2019Lande C, Rao S, Morré JT et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218406

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Wikidata facts

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taxon name: Tilia
Commons category: Tilia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12151
Commons gallery: Tilia
taxon common name: lipa
OpenStreetMap tag: genus=Tilia

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Article

21 sections

Contents

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 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.