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Mallow Family
2 species
Little-leaf Linden
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family) (Linden family?)
Genus: Tilia
Species: Cordata
Kingdom: Plantae
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Updated February 12 2016
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Perennial tree - also known as Small-leaf European
Linden, Small-leaf Lime, Winter Linden - the Tilia genus
was formerly placed in the Linden (Tiliaceae) family which
has now been incorporated with the Mallow family - native to
Europe
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Little-leaf Linden - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 7 mm - leaves 4 to 8 cm - height to 30 m - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - May 2009
Basswoood
Order: Malvales
Genus: Tilia
Species: Americana
Kingdom: Plantae
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Updated February 6 2016
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Perennial tree - also known as American Linden,
White-wood - leaves asymmetrical at base - the Tilia genus
was formerly placed in the Linden (Tiliaceae) family which
has now been incorporated with the Mallow family - native to
eastern North America
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Basswood - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 8 mm - leaves 12 to 15 cm - height to 35 m - Toronto Islands - May 2013
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family) (Linden family?)