Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Malvaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. americana
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Tilia americana
INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. americana
INCLUDING Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-001:
Tilia americana FAMILY Tiliaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia glabra
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia neglecta
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia truncata
COMMON NAME:
American Basswood, Northern Basswood
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JK Marlow jkm210528_0833
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Flowers in clusters on a slender stalk with a pendent leaflike narrow bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
JK Marlow jkm150927_183
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Leaves on mature wood green and glabrous below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
JK Marlow s101017_tamericana
October Mecklenburg County NC
Leaf bases unequally heart-shaped or nearly straight across, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tilia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tilia americana var. americana
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tilia americana var. americana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Tilia americana
INCLUDING
Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. americana
INCLUDING
Lime-trees and basswoods: a biological monograph of the genus Tilia (Pigott, 2012)
Tilia americana var. neglecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 121-01-001:
Tilia americana
FAMILY
Tiliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia glabra
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia neglecta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tilia truncata
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