Tilia platyphyllosScop.

Large-leaved Limelarge-leaved limelargeleaf linden

WFO wfo-0000456948 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Murielle Desrois
fig. a Murielle Desrois, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-24 / obs. 200242336
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Matteo Marcandella
fig. b Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198084082
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Codrin Bucur
fig. c Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195892882
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. d Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195075821
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Andy Slater
fig. e Andy Slater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195925297
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by claudeheidt
fig. f claudeheidt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193516403
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by thomas_oswald
fig. g thomas_oswald, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194243272
Tilia platyphyllos, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. h Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193837197

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Tilia platyphyllos is native: Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine IranNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSiciliaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Tilia platyphyllos, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 96 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Tilia aenobarba Borbás & Heinr.Braun
  • Tilia affinis Opiz
  • Tilia angulata
  • Tilia apiculata Court
  • Tilia aspleniifolia Bayer
  • Tilia barbata Stokes
  • Tilia beaumontii G.Nicholson
  • Tilia beaumontii var. pendula C.Pynaert
  • Tilia bicuspidata Court.
  • Tilia bohemica Ortm. ex Nyman
  • Tilia caucasica f. seiunctobracteata Vöröss
  • Tilia collivaga Heinr.Braun ex V.Engl.
  • Tilia communis K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
  • Tilia corallina (Aiton) Sm.
  • Tilia corallina var. subangulata Borbás
  • Tilia cordifolia Besser
  • Tilia corinthiaca Bosc ex K.Koch
  • Tilia corylifolia Host
  • Tilia corymbosa Ortmann
  • Tilia cucullata Jacq. ex V.Engl.
  • Tilia europaea var. aurea Loudon
  • Tilia europaea var. corallina Aiton
  • Tilia europaea var. laciniata Loudon
  • Tilia europaea var. rubra Weston

and 72 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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