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Tilia

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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 broad-leaved trees within the family Malvaceae. Its scientific name is Tilia L., and it belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Malvales. The taxonomic type is Tilia × europaea. Common names for this genus include Lime, Basswood, Linde, and Lipa. It is also described as a white pear.

The genus is a source of limewood. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Tilia has been introduced to Ireland and Uzbekistan. It is referenced by 1,748 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

European Firebug

Tilia

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalvales
  5. 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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,314
With media
1,648
Family
Malvaceae
Collections
UCMP, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, USNM, INECOL, SD, RSA
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Mexico
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Research

857 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

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 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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