Tilia platyphyllos

Tilia platyphyllos
Specimen in Prachatice District, Czech Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Tilia
Species:
T. platyphyllos
Binomial name
Tilia platyphyllos
Distribution map
Synonyms

Tilia grandifolia Ehrh.

Tilia platyphyllos, the large-leaved lime, broad-leaved lime, or large-leaved linden, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a deciduous tree, native to much of continental Europe including southwestern Great Britain, typically growing on limestone-derived soils. It is not native in Scotland or Ireland, but is naturalised there. The name "lime", possibly a corruption of "line" originally from "lind", has been in use for centuries and also attaches to other species of Tilia. It is not, however, closely related to the lime fruit tree, a species of citrus.

The specific epithet platyphyllos (Greek: πλατύφυλλος) means "with broad leaves" in Greek.