Tilia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 514 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Albania, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Ireland, Uzbekistan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Lindnera Fuss in Fl. Transsilv.: 129 (1866)
  • Tilioides Medik. in Staatswirthschaftl. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Heidelberg 1: 213 (1791)

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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