Malvaceae
Tilia

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

First published in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 373 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to N. Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland, Uzbekistan

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1967). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 2: 1-581. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Bean, W. J. (1980). Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, Volume IV (Ri-Z). John Murray, London.
  • Mabey, R. (1997). Flora Britannica. Chatto & Windus, London.
  • Muir, N. (1984). A Survey of the Genus Tilia. The Plantsman 5: 234.
  • Pigott, D. (2005). Lime. Sage Press, East Sussex.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2012). Tilia platyphyllos. Published on the Internet by the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1967). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 2: 1-581. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687763 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687774 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687787 Unknown Type Material Yes
[PIM28] K001069818 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR13] United Kingdom K001768118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687722 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687728 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687735 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687784 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687782 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hippe, E. [s.n.] Germany K000687786 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687758 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687756 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687723 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687734 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wagner, J. [244] Hungary K000701174 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687737 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687762 Type Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687765 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687783 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wierzbicki, P.P. [1997] Europe K000687772 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wagner, J. [163] Hungary K000687755 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687736 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687761 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687721 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687759 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687740 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sentner, O. [848] Bosnia and Herzegovina K000687764 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Europe K000687775 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687733 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] CS K000687767 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687738 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687760 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687769 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] Europe K000687777 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687766 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687731 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687779 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687754 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Europe K000687776 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687730 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wagner, J. [233] Hungary K000687727 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687729 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hippe, E. [s.n.] Germany K000687785 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wierzbicki, P.P. [s.n.] Romania K000687778 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Slovenia K000687770 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Europe K000687771 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ball, J. [3] Europe K000687768 Unknown Type Material Yes
Atchley, S.C. [2176] Greece K000687780 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000687753 Type Yes
Wagner, J. [166] Hungary K000687757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Weiker, M. [2295] Germany K000687773 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zahlbruckner, J.B. [s.n.] Europe K000687781 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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