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Tilia
Family: Malvaceae
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Paul Rothrock
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Fls 5-merous; stamens numerous, distinct or often united into 5 antepetalous bundles, in our native spp. the innermost member of each group modified into an oblanceolate or spatulate, petaloid staminode; style dilated into a shallowly lobed stigma; ovary tomentose, with 2 ovules in each of the 5 locules; fr tomentose, indehiscent, nutlike, 1-2-seeded; trees with broad, petiolate, palmately veined lvs very oblique at the base, and fragrant, white or ochroleucous fls in axillary cymes, the long peduncle adnate about to the middle of a characteristic narrow, elongate, short-petioled, foliaceous bract. 50, mainly N. Temp.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Species within checklist: Utah State University - Logan Campus
Tilia americana
Image of Tilia americana
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Tilia cordata
Image of Tilia cordata
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Tilia tomentosa
Image of Tilia tomentosa
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Tilia x euchlora
Image of Tilia x euchlora
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