Tilia × europaea

nothospecies of plant
Taxon hybrid_taxon Q163760
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Summary

Tilia × europaea is a hybrid taxon[1]. It draws 1,618 Wikipedia views per month (hybrid taxon category, ranking #1,523 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: nothospecies[3]
  • Parent taxon: Tilia[4]
  • Taxon name: Tilia × europaea[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6], tree[7]
  • Has use: vegetable[8]
  • Commons category: Tilia × europaea[9]
  • Color: green[10], yellow[11], brown[12]
  • Commons gallery: Tilia × europaea[13]
  • Taxon synonym: Tilia × croatica[14], Tilia × eriostylis[15], Tilia vulgaris[16], Tilia officinarum[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36679[18]
  • Hybrid of: Tilia cordata[19], Tilia platyphyllos[20]
  • Has characteristic: Q140047532[21]
  • This taxon is source of: Tiliae flos[22], European lime wood[23]
  • Short name: T. europaea[24]
  • Taxon common name: Common Lime[25], common linden[26], puistolehmus[27], 欧洲椴[28], evropska lipa[29]
  • Length: 7 cm[30], 10 cm[31], 0.8 cm[32], 1.8 cm[33]
  • Height: 45 m[34]
  • Width: 6.5 cm[35], 9 cm[36]
  • Diameter: 8 millimetre[37]
  • Flower color: green[38], yellow[39]
  • Inflorescence: cyme[40], pendulous infloresence[41]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[42]
  • Foliage type: deciduous plant[43]

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Identifiers

Tilia × europaea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 410499[44]. Tilia × europaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 644191[45]. Tilia × europaea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 486445[46]. Tilia × europaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152046[47]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 21538[48] and 522582[49].

Why It Matters

Tilia × europaea has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [46] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [47] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 21538, 522582
    Sitelink count → 38
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 522582, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 7w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species id → 7633/park-lind
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Naturbasen species id: 7633/park-lind, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321132776|Tilia x europaea (#321132776)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8386|Natur"
  3. 12w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia × croatica, Tilia × eriostylis, Tilia vulgaris +1
    Taxon rank → nothospecies
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Tilia officinarum"
  4. 12w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → hybrid taxon
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: hybrid taxon"
  5. 16w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia × croatica, Tilia × eriostylis, Tilia vulgaris +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Tilia vulgaris"
  6. 19w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon author citation → L.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Taxon author citation: L."
  7. 19w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → green, yellow, brown
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Color: brown"
  8. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q140047532
    Color → green, yellow, brown
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: Q140047532"
  9. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Leaf morphology → orbicular leaf, cordate leaf, asymmetrical leaf +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Flower color: yellow"
  10. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflorescence → cyme, pendulous infloresence
    Length → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+7'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+10'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+0.8'} +1
    Itis tsn → 21538, 522582
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Inflorescence: floret"
  11. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflorescence → cyme, pendulous infloresence
    Length → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+7'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+10'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+0.8'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Length: 0.8 centimetre"
  12. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Leaf morphology → orbicular leaf, cordate leaf, asymmetrical leaf +3
    Diameter → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+8'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Diameter: 8 millimetre"
  13. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflorescence → cyme, pendulous infloresence
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Inflorescence: floret"
  14. 20w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon name → Tilia × europaea
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon name: Tilia × europaea"
  15. 24w ago · David Newton · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflorescence → cyme, pendulous infloresence
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inflorescence: cyme"
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