Caucasian linden tree

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Caucasian linden tree
Tilia dasystyla subsp. caucasica in Sukhumi (Abkhazia)

Tilia dasystyla subsp. caucasica in Sukhumi (Abkhazia)

Systematics
Eurosiden II
Order : Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family : Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Subfamily : Linden family (Tilioideae)
Genre : Linden ( Tilia )
Type : Caucasian linden tree
Scientific name
Tilia dasystyla
Steven

The Caucasian Linden ( Tilia dasystyla ) is a large tree from the genus of the Linden ( Tilia ). The natural range of the species is in the Caucasus and Iran. It is sometimes planted as a bee pasture .

description

The Caucasian Linde is an up to 30 meter high tree with purple and bare shoots. The leaves are 4 to 8 centimeters long, rounded, egg-shaped, suddenly pointed with a slate, heart-shaped base and sharply serrated leaf edge. The teeth have an easily broken awn tip . The upper side of the leaf is glossy dark green, while the underside is lighter with white axillary beards. The inflorescences are cymes of five to seven flowers with slightly hairy styles . The species blooms in June.

The chromosome number for both subspecies is 2n = 164.

Occurrence and location requirements

The natural range is in the Caucasus and northern Iran . The Caucasian linden tree grows in species-rich forests on fresh to moist, slightly acidic to alkaline, mostly loamy, good soils in sunny to light-shady locations. The species loves warmth and is usually frost hardy .

Systematics

The Caucasian linden ( Tilia dasystyla ) is a species from the genus of the linden ( Tilia ). It is in the family of mallow the subfamily (Malvaceae) tilioideae assigned (Tilioideae). The species was first validly described scientifically by Christian von Steven in 1832 . The generic name Tilia comes from Latin and was already used by the Romans for the linden tree. The specific epithet dasystyla is derived from the Greek dasys "dense", "rough" and stylos for stylus , and thus refers to the hairy stylus of the flowers.

There are two subspecies:

  • Tilia dasystyla subsp. caucasica (V. Engl.) Pigott (Syn .: Tilia caucasica Rupr .; Tilia platyphyllos Scop. subsp. caucasica (V. Engl.) Loria ): The homeland is the Crimea, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Caucasus and the Iran.
  • Tilia dasystyla Steven subsp. dasystyla : The homeland is the Crimea.

use

The Caucasian linden is sometimes used as a bee pasture .

proof

literature

  • Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 652.
  • Jost Fitschen: Woody flora . 12th, revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2007, ISBN 3-494-01422-1 , p. 841-842 .
  • Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German name according to Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 652 and after Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 842
  2. ↑ a b c Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , p. 652
  3. ^ Tilia dasystyla at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  4. ↑ a b Tilia dasystyla. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed December 8, 2015 .
  5. ^ Tilia dasystyla. In: The Plant List. Retrieved May 25, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 645
  7. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 199

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