Tilia americana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q163981
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Summary

Tilia americana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,348 views/month, #1,263 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tilia americana's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tilia americana is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Tilia americana's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Tilia americana is classified within Tilia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tilia americana is Tilia americana[7].
  • Tilia americana's Commons category is recorded as Tilia americana[8].
  • Tilia americana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tilia americana[9].
  • Tilia americana's Commons gallery is recorded as Tilia americana[10].
  • Tilia americana's taxon synonym is recorded as Tilia pubescens[11].
  • Tilia americana's taxon synonym is recorded as Tilia stenopetala[12].
  • Tilia americana's taxon synonym is recorded as Tilia relicta[13].
  • Tilia americana's taxon synonym is recorded as Tilia caroliniana[14].
  • Tilia americana's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36668[15].
  • Tilia americana's this taxon is source of is recorded as basswood[16].
  • Tilia americana's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. americana'}[17].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American basswood'}[18].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American linden'}[19].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Linden'}[20].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Basswood'}[21].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lípa americká'}[22].
  • Tilia americana is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '美洲椴'}[23].
  • Tilia americana's different from is recorded as lime[24].
  • Tilia americana's length is recorded as {'unit': 'millimetre', 'amount': '+65'}[25].
  • Tilia americana's length is recorded as {'unit': 'millimetre', 'amount': '+16'}[26].
  • Tilia americana's length is recorded as {'unit': 'centimetre', 'amount': '+15'}[27].

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Classification

Tilia americana's scientific name is Tilia americana[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Tilia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American basswood'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American linden'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lípa americká'}[22], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '美洲椴'}[23].

Identifiers

Tilia americana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54854[28]. Tilia americana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 66669[29]. Tilia americana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584834[30]. Tilia americana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152042[31]. Tilia americana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21536[32].

Why It Matters

Tilia americana ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,348 views/month, #1,263 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Gardens Navigator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Gardens Navigator. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . 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. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12224046-n
    Interlingual index id → i101253
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  2. 9w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl, uk */ import labels from sitelinks"
  3. 9w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    Length → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+65'}, {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+16'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+15'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Tilia truncata"
  4. 14w ago · David Newton · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Length → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+65'}, {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+16'}, {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+15'} +1
    Leaf morphology → ['Q12370542', 'Q140388764', 'Q136102043', 'Q136087696', 'Q136087906', 'Q12606123
    Inflorescence → ['Q158967', 'Q140036561', 'Q140311867', 'Q140387820']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Length: 7 centimetre"
  5. 14w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Leaf morphology → ['Q12370542', 'Q140388764', 'Q136102043', 'Q136087696', 'Q136087906', 'Q12606123
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Leaf morphology: serrate leaf edge"
  6. 14w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Leaf morphology → ['Q12370542', 'Q140388764', 'Q136102043', 'Q136087696', 'Q136087906', 'Q12606123
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Leaf morphology: Q140388764"
  7. 14w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    Inflorescence → ['Q158967', 'Q140036561', 'Q140311867', 'Q140387820']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Inflorescence: Q140311867"
  8. 15w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Length"
  9. 15w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Tilia venulosa"
  10. 16w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q140047532
    Taxon author citation → L.
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||3 */ Taxon synonym"
  11. 17w ago · David Newton · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inflorescence → ['Q158967', 'Q140036561', 'Q140311867', 'Q140387820']
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Inflorescence: pendulous infloresence"
  12. 17w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Tilia pubescens, Tilia stenopetala, Tilia relicta +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Tilia porracea"
  13. 23w ago · David Newton · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flower color → Q943
    Foliage type → Q1131316
    Inflorescence → ['Q158967', 'Q140036561', 'Q140311867', 'Q140387820']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inflorescence: cyme"
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