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	'''''Tilia platyphyllos''''', the '''large-leaved lime''' or '''large-leaved linden''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)\|family]] Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a [[deciduous]] tree, [[native plant\|native]] to much of Europe, including ~~locally in~~ southwestern [[Great Britain]], growing on [[~~Lime (mineral)\|lime~~]]-~~rich~~ soils. ~~The~~ [[~~common names~~]] '''largeleaf linden'''<ref>{{PLANTS\|id=TIPL\|taxon=Tilia platyphyllos\|accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> and '''large-leaved linden''' are in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in the British Isles, where it is known as '''large-leaved lime'''.<ref name=~~RHSAZ>{{cite book\|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants\|year=2008\|publisher=Dorling Kindersley\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=978-1405332965\|pages=1136}}<~~/~~ref~~> 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''.<ref name=SOED>{{cite book\|title=Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed.\|year=2007\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=978-0199206872\|pages=3804}}</ref> It is not, however, closely related to the [[lime (fruit)\|lime]] fruit tree, a species of citrus.		'''''Tilia platyphyllos''''', the '''large-leaved lime''',<ref name="BSBI">{{cite web \| title=Large-leaved Lime ''Tilia platyphyllos'' Scop. \| website=PlantAtlas \| url=https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.ft4 \| access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref><ref name="Pigott">{{cite journal \| last=Pigott \| first=C. Donald \| title=Biological Flora of the British Isles: Tilia platyphyllos \| journal=Journal of Ecology \| volume=108 \| issue=6 \| date=2020 \| issn=0022-0477 \| doi=10.1111/1365-2745.13490 \| doi-access=free \| pages=2638–2676 \| bibcode=2020JEcol.108.2638P }}</ref> '''broad-leaved lime''',<ref name="TSO">{{cite web \| title=Tilia platyphyllos \| website=Trees and Shrubs Online \| date=2025-06-18 \| url=https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/tilia/tilia-platyphyllos/ \| access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref> or '''large-leaved linden''',<ref name="TSO"/> is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)\|family]] Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a [[deciduous]] tree, [[native plant\|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 [[naturalisation (biology)\|naturalised]] there.<ref name="BSBI"/> 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''.<ref name=SOED>{{cite book\|title=Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed.\|year=2007\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=978-0199206872\|pages=3804}}</ref> It is not, however, closely related to the [[lime (fruit)\|lime]] fruit tree, a species of citrus.

	The [[Binomial nomenclature\|specific epithet]] ''platyphyllos'' (~~greek~~: πλατύφυλλος) means ~~in greek~~ "with broad leaves".<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book\|last=Harrison\|first=Lorraine\|title=RHS Latin for gardeners\|year=2012\|publisher=Mitchell Beazley\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=9781845337315\|pages=224}}</ref>		The [[Binomial nomenclature\|specific epithet]] ''platyphyllos'' (Greek: πλατύφυλλος) means "with broad leaves" in Greek.<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book\|last=Harrison\|first=Lorraine\|title=RHS Latin for gardeners\|year=2012\|publisher=Mitchell Beazley\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=9781845337315\|pages=224}}</ref>

			==Taxonomy==
			The species was described by the Italian botanist [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli]] from [[Carniola]],<ref>{{cite book \| last1=Scopoli \| first1=Giovanni Antonio \| last2=Krauss \| first2=Johann Paul \| last3=Rein \| first3=Joseph Friedrich \| title=Ioannis Antonii Scopoli ... Flora Carniolica : exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. \| publisher=Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krauss, bibliopolae Vindobonensis. \| publication-place=[Vienna] \| year=1772 \| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.159554 \| doi-access=free \| url=https://www.archive.org/download/ioannisantoniisc11772scop/ioannisantoniisc11772scop.pdf \| access-date=2025-06-20 \| page=}}</ref> now part of [[Slovenia]].

			Five [[subspecies]] are currently accepted by the [[Plants of the World Online]];<ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO \|title=''Tilia platyphyllos'' Scop. \|id=332109-2 \|access-date=2025-06-20}}</ref> they differ mainly in detail of leaf [[pubescence]],<ref name="Pigott"/> with some geographical segregation; three are widespread, the other two more localised:<ref name="POWO"/>
			*''Tilia platyphyllos'' subsp. ''platyphyllos'' — widespread, but mainly in the more southern areas of the species distribution. Leaves glabrous above, with simple hairs below.<ref name="Pigott"/>
			*''Tilia platyphyllos'' subsp. ''cordifolia'' <small>(Besser) C.K.Schneid.</small> — widespread, but mainly in the more northern areas of the species distribution, including England.<ref name="BSBI"/> Leaves with short, simple hairs sparsely (2–4 mm−2) on the upper surface, and simple hairs densely on the lower surface.<ref name="Pigott"/>
			*''Tilia platyphyllos'' subsp. ''corinthiaca'' <small>(Bosc ex K.Koch) Pigott</small> — Balkans, Turkey.
			*''Tilia platyphyllos'' subsp. ''pseudorubra'' <small>C.K.Schneid.</small> — widespread, but mainly in the more western areas of the species distribution. Leaves glabrous both above and below.<ref name="Pigott"/>
			*''Tilia platyphyllos'' subsp. ''sitnensis'' <small>(Kmet) Domin</small> — [[endemism\|endemic]] to Slovakia.

	==Description==		==Description==
	''Tilia platyphyllos'' is a narrowly domed tree with a moderate growth rate, and can eventually attain a height of 40 m. The reddish-brown young [[Plant stem\|stems]] later develop dark grey [[Bark (botany)\|bark]] with fine fissures and furrows. The branches spread upwards at wide angles. The [[twig]]s are reddish-green and slightly pubescent.<ref>Martin, W.K. 1965. ''The Concise British Flora in Colour.'' Ebury Press</ref> The [[foliage]] consists of simple, alternately arranged [[Leaf\|leaves]]. As indicated by its common name, this tree has larger leaves than the related ''[[Tilia cordata]]'' (small-leaved lime), 6 to 9 cm (exceptionally 15 cm). They are ovate to cordate, mid to dark green above and below, with white downy hair on the underside, particularly along the veins, tapering into a mucronate tip. The margin is sharply serrate, and the base cordate; the venation is pinnate along a midrib. The pubescent [[Petiole (botany)\|petiole]] is usually 3–4 cm long, but can vary between 1.5–5 cm. The autumn foliage is yellow-green to yellow.		''Tilia platyphyllos'' is a narrowly domed tree with a moderate growth rate, and can eventually attain a height of {{convert\|40\|m\|ft}}, though more typically 20–25 m tall when open-grown away from other trees. The reddish-brown young [[Plant stem\|stems]] later develop dark grey [[Bark (botany)\|bark]] with fine fissures and furrows. The branches spread upwards at wide angles. The [[twig]]s are reddish-green and slightly pubescent.<ref name="Pigott"/><ref>Martin, W.K. 1965. ''The Concise British Flora in Colour.'' Ebury Press</ref> The [[foliage]] consists of simple, alternately arranged [[Leaf\|leaves]]. As indicated by its common name, this tree has larger leaves than the related ''[[Tilia cordata]]'' (small-leaved lime), 6 to 9 cm (exceptionally 15 cm) long and broad. They are ovate to cordate, mid to dark green above and below, with white downy hair on the underside (except in subsp. ''pseudorubra''), particularly along the veins, tapering into a mucronate tip. The margin is sharply serrate, and the base cordate; the venation is pinnate along a midrib. The pubescent [[Petiole (botany)\|petiole]] is usually 3–4 cm long, but can vary between 1.5–5 cm. The autumn foliage is yellow-green to yellow.

	The small, fragrant, yellowish-white [[flower]]s are arranged in drooping, [[cyme (botany)\|cymose]] clusters in groups of 3 to 4. Their whitish-green, leaf-like [[bract]]s have an oblong-obovate shape. The geniculate peduncles are between 1.5–3 cm long. The [[plant sexuality\|hermaphroditic]] flowers have 5 [[sepal]]s and 5 [[~~tepal~~]]s, numerous [[stamen]]s, but no staminodes. The superior [[ovary (plants)\|ovary]] is 2–10 locular with one smooth [[carpel\|style]]. The flowers are pollinated by bees and some butterflies, notably the [[Satyrium w-album\|White-letter Hairstreak]]. The [[fruit]] is a ~~fat,~~ round~~, tomentose, cream~~-~~colored~~ nutlet ~~with a diameter of 1~~ ~~cm or less. It~~ has a woody shell with ~~3–5~~ ridges.		The small, fragrant, yellowish-white [[flower]]s are arranged in drooping, [[cyme (botany)\|cymose]] clusters in groups of 3 to 4. Their whitish-green, leaf-like [[bract]]s have an oblong-obovate shape. The geniculate peduncles are between 1.5–3 cm long. The [[plant sexuality\|hermaphroditic]] flowers have 5 [[sepal]]s and 5 [[petal]]s, numerous [[stamen]]s, but no staminodes. The superior [[ovary (plants)\|ovary]] is 2–10 locular with one smooth [[carpel\|style]]. The flowers are pollinated by bees and some butterflies, notably the [[Satyrium w-album\|White-letter Hairstreak]] attracted by the copious nectar the species produces, in contrast to ''T. cordata''.<ref name=Stokes>{{cite book\|last=Stokes\|first=Jon\|title=Trees of Britain and Ireland\|year=2025\|publisher=Princeton University Press\|location=United Kingdom\|isbn=978-0691224176\|pages=360}}</ref>The [[fruit]] is a round greenish-grey nutlet, 9–12 mm long by 8–10 mm diameter; it has a woody shell with five prominent ridges (which distinguish it from all other limes except ''[[Tilia chinensis]]''), and is usually tomentose between the ridges.<ref name="Pigott"/>

	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Image:Tilia platyphyllos(02).jpg\|Leaves		Image:Tilia platyphyllos(02).jpg\|Leaves
	File:Tilia platyphyllos 02.JPG\|Flowers		File:Tilia platyphyllos 02.JPG\|Flowers
	File:WLH on T. platyphyllos.jpg\|~~thumb\|~~White-letter ~~Hairstreak~~ nectaring on T. platyphyllos flower		File:WLH on T. platyphyllos.jpg\|[[White-letter hairstreak]] nectaring on ''T. platyphyllos'' flower
	Image:Tilia platyphyllos (Florée) JPG1R.jpg\|Roots		Image:Tilia platyphyllos (Florée) JPG1R.jpg\|Roots
	File:Tilia platyphallos bud.jpg\|Vegetative bud starting to open		File:Tilia platyphallos bud.jpg\|Vegetative bud starting to open
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	==Hybrids==		==Hybrids==
	''Tilia platyphyllos'' readily [[Hybrid (biology)\|~~hybridizes~~]] with ''Tilia cordata'', the hybrid being the common lime [[Tilia × europaea\|''T.'' × ''europaea'']] (syn. ''T.'' × ''vulgaris'').		''Tilia platyphyllos'' readily [[Hybrid (biology)\|hybridises]] with ''Tilia cordata'', the hybrid being the common lime [[Tilia × europaea\|''T.'' × ''europaea'']] (syn. ''T.'' × ''vulgaris'').

	==Fossil record==		==Fossil record==
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	* 300-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Linderhof]] Bavaria – known in German as the "[[Schloss Linderhof#Linderhof's Linden or The Old "Königslinde"\|Koenigslinde]]".<ref name=McIntosh2012>{{cite book \|last=McIntosh \|first=Christopher \|title=The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuGNcP1vGR8C&pg=PA193\|date=15 September 2012\|publisher=I.B.Tauris\|isbn=978-1-84885-847-3\|page=193}}</ref>		* 300-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Linderhof]] Bavaria – known in German as the "[[Schloss Linderhof#Linderhof's Linden or The Old "Königslinde"\|Koenigslinde]]".<ref name=McIntosh2012>{{cite book \|last=McIntosh \|first=Christopher \|title=The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuGNcP1vGR8C&pg=PA193\|date=15 September 2012\|publisher=I.B.Tauris\|isbn=978-1-84885-847-3\|page=193}}</ref>
	* 350-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat)\|Schloss Holzheim]] Hesse – known as the "Landgrave's lime".		* 350-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat)\|Schloss Holzheim]] Hesse – known as the "Landgrave's lime".
	* 700-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Bojnice Castle]], Slovakia – known in Slovak as "Bojnická lipa" ("the Bojnice Linden") or "Lipa kráľa Mateja" ("King Matej's Linden").<ref name=montrees>{{cite web \|website=Monumental trees \|access-date=17 February 2014 \|title=Large-leaved lime near the castle \|url=http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/svk/trencin/prievidza/3084_castle/6089/}}</ref>		* 700-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Bojnice Castle]], Slovakia [[Linden Tree of King Matthias]] – known in Slovak as "Bojnická lipa" ("the Bojnice Linden") or "Lipa kráľa Mateja" ("King Matej's Linden").<ref name=montrees>{{cite web \|website=Monumental trees \|access-date=17 February 2014 \|title=Large-leaved lime near the castle \|url=http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/svk/trencin/prievidza/3084_castle/6089/}}</ref>
			* 550-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' in [[Bracon, Jura]], France – planted to mark the marriage of Marie de Bourgogne to Maximilian I of the House of Habsburg in Austria in 1477.
			* ''T. platyphyllos'' in Heeder Linde Park, Heede, Germany 15.39 metres girth.<ref>{{cite web \| url= https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/girthrecords/ \|last= <!--anonymous--> \| title= Monumental Trees - The Thickest Trees Worldwide \| date= n.d. \| access-date= February 18, 2018 }}</ref>

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{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Tilia platyphyllos(01).jpg
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Tilia
|species = platyphyllos
|authority = [[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scop.]]
|range_map = Tilia platyphyllos range.svg
|range_map_caption = Distribution map
|synonyms = ''Tilia grandifolia'' Ehrh.
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'''''Tilia platyphyllos''''', the '''large-leaved lime''' or '''large-leaved linden''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] Malvaceae (Tiliaceae). It is a [[deciduous]] tree, [[native plant|native]] to much of Europe, including locally in southwestern [[Great Britain]], growing on [[Lime (mineral)|lime]]-rich soils. The [[common names]] '''largeleaf linden'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TIPL|taxon=Tilia platyphyllos|accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> and '''large-leaved linden''' are in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in the British Isles, where it is known as '''large-leaved lime'''.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref> 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''.<ref name=SOED>{{cite book|title=Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed.|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-0199206872|pages=3804}}</ref> It is not, however, closely related to the [[lime (fruit)|lime]] fruit tree, a species of citrus.

The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] ''platyphyllos'' (greek: πλατύφυλλος) means in greek "with broad leaves".<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}</ref>

==Description==
''Tilia platyphyllos'' is a narrowly domed tree with a moderate growth rate, and can eventually attain a height of 40 m. The reddish-brown young [[Plant stem|stems]] later develop dark grey [[Bark (botany)|bark]] with fine fissures and furrows. The branches spread upwards at wide angles. The [[twig]]s are reddish-green and slightly pubescent.<ref>Martin, W.K. 1965. ''The Concise British Flora in Colour.'' Ebury Press</ref> The [[foliage]] consists of simple, alternately arranged [[Leaf|leaves]]. As indicated by its common name, this tree has larger leaves than the related ''[[Tilia cordata]]'' (small-leaved lime), 6 to 9 cm (exceptionally 15 cm). They are ovate to cordate, mid to dark green above and below, with white downy hair on the underside, particularly along the veins, tapering into a mucronate tip. The margin is sharply serrate, and the base cordate; the venation is pinnate along a midrib. The pubescent [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] is usually 3–4 cm long, but can vary between 1.5–5 cm. The autumn foliage is yellow-green to yellow.

The small, fragrant, yellowish-white [[flower]]s are arranged in drooping, [[cyme (botany)|cymose]] clusters in groups of 3 to 4. Their whitish-green, leaf-like [[bract]]s have an oblong-obovate shape. The geniculate peduncles are between 1.5–3 cm long. The [[plant sexuality|hermaphroditic]] flowers have 5 [[sepal]]s and 5 [[tepal]]s, numerous [[stamen]]s, but no staminodes. The superior [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] is 2–10 locular with one smooth [[carpel|style]]. The flowers are pollinated by bees and some butterflies, notably the [[Satyrium w-album|White-letter Hairstreak]]. The [[fruit]] is a fat, round, tomentose, cream-colored nutlet with a diameter of 1 cm or less. It has a woody shell with 3–5 ridges.

<gallery>
Image:Tilia platyphyllos(02).jpg|Leaves
File:Tilia platyphyllos 02.JPG|Flowers
File:WLH on T. platyphyllos.jpg|thumb|White-letter Hairstreak nectaring on T. platyphyllos flower
Image:Tilia platyphyllos (Florée) JPG1R.jpg|Roots
File:Tilia platyphallos bud.jpg|Vegetative bud starting to open
</gallery>

==Cultivation==
''Tilia platyphyllos'' is widely planted throughout the [[temperateness|temperate]] world as an ornamental tree in parks and city streets. Numerous [[cultivar]]s are available, including 'Aurea', (golden leafed), 'Fastigiata', 'Laciniata' (seemingly torn leaves), 'Örebro' (columnar), 'Princes Street' (narrow crown), 'Rubra' (red twigged), 'Tortuosa' (twisted branches), and 'Tiltstone Filigree' (upswept branches).<ref name=White>White, J. & More, D. (2003). ''Trees of Britain & Northern Europe.'' Cassell's, London. {{ISBN|0-304-36192-5}}.</ref>

The cultivar 'Rubra' has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector – ''Tilia platyphyllos'' 'Rubra'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/89065/Tilia-platyphyllos-Rubra/Details | publisher = RHS | access-date = 5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 102 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 23 December 2018}}</ref>

==Hybrids==
''Tilia platyphyllos'' readily [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridizes]] with ''Tilia cordata'', the hybrid being the common lime [[Tilia × europaea|''T.'' × ''europaea'']] (syn. ''T.'' × ''vulgaris'').

==Fossil record==
Fossils of ''Tilia platyphyllos'' have been described from the [[fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district]] in [[Turkey]], which is of early [[Pliocene]] age.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kasaplıgil |first1=Baki |title=Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı |journal=Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration |date=1977 |volume=88 |page=94-102 |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/bulletinofmre/issue/3914/52153 |publisher=[[General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (Turkey)|General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration]] |location=Ankara |language=tr, en |format=PDF |trans-title=A Late-Tertiary Conifer-Hardwood Forest From the Vicinity of Güvem Village, Near Kızılcahamam, Ankara}}</ref>

==Use==
''Tilia'' wood is used for [[carving]], and almost all parts of the tree can be used for [[fodder]], [[rope]]s or [[firewood]]. [[bast fibre|Bast]] and [[honey]], which were historically the main products of ''Tilia'', may have been an important factor in the spread of the species and its status as a typical [[agroforestry]] tree in the [[Middle Ages]]. ''Tilia spp''. are also important for [[amenity]] use, [[shelterbelts]] and game plantings in the open landscape, in [[urban areas]] and recreational [[forestry]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jensen, J.S.|title=Lime - ''Tilia spp''.|journal=EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for Genetic Conservation and Use|date=2003|page=6 p|url=http://www.euforgen.org/fileadmin//templates/euforgen.org/upload/Publications/Technical_guidelines/926_Technical_guidelines_for_genetic_conservation_and_use_for_lime__Tilia_cordata_and_Tilia_platyphyllos_.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204195158/http://www.euforgen.org/fileadmin//templates/euforgen.org/upload/Publications/Technical_guidelines/926_Technical_guidelines_for_genetic_conservation_and_use_for_lime__Tilia_cordata_and_Tilia_platyphyllos_.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-12-04}}</ref>

===Traditional medicine===
The plant also contains tannins that can act as an [[astringent]].<ref name=bradley>Bradley P, ed. ''British Herbal Compendium''. Vol. I. Dorset (Great Britain): British herbal Medicine Association; 1624: 142–144</ref> The wood is burned to charcoal and ingested for intestinal disorders and used topically for edema or infection, such as cellulitis or of the lower leg.<ref name=bradley/>

== Famous trees ==
* 300-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Linderhof]] Bavaria – known in German as the "[[Schloss Linderhof#Linderhof's Linden or The Old "Königslinde"|Koenigslinde]]".<ref name=McIntosh2012>{{cite book |last=McIntosh |first=Christopher |title=The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JuGNcP1vGR8C&pg=PA193|date=15 September 2012|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84885-847-3|page=193}}</ref>
* 350-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat)|Schloss Holzheim]] Hesse – known as the "Landgrave's lime".
* 700-year-old ''T. platyphyllos'' at [[Bojnice Castle]], Slovakia – known in Slovak as "Bojnická lipa" ("the Bojnice Linden") or "Lipa kráľa Mateja" ("King Matej's Linden").<ref name=montrees>{{cite web |website=Monumental trees |access-date=17 February 2014 |title=Large-leaved lime near the castle |url=http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/svk/trencin/prievidza/3084_castle/6089/}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Tilia platyphyllos}}
* [http://www.euforgen.org/species/tilia-platyphyllos/ ''Tilia platyphyllos''] - distribution map, genetic conservation units and related resources. [[European Forest Genetic Resources Programme]] (EUFORGEN)

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