Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Tiliaceae - Linden family

Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa

Wild, H. (1963) Tiliaceae FZ 2(1)

Description of the family

Small trees, lianes, shrubs or herbs, often stellately hairy. Stipules small, deciduous. Leaves alternate, often asymmetric and 3-veined from the base. Flowers usually bisexual, actinomorphic. Sepals 5, or sometimes 2-4, free or occasionally connate. Petals free, equalling number of sepals, rarely 0. Stamens usually numerous. Ovary superior, 2-10-locular. Fruit a dry or ± fleshy drupe or schizocarp.

Comment: According to the most recent taxonomic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG-III), this family is now included in Malvaceae. As this new concept still appears to be highly controversial we will remain to treat it as a separate family until further information is available.

Worldwide: 46 genera and 680 species, ± cosmopolitan

Clappertonia ficifolia

More sample images from the Tiliaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)

Corchorus aestuans

Corchorus aestuans

Sparrmannia ricinocarpa

Sparrmannia ricinocarpa

Grewia hexamita

Grewia hexamita

Triumfetta annua

Triumfetta annua

Grewia forbesii

Grewia forbesii

Links to genera:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

GenusContent
Carpodiptera Griseb.Description
Clappertonia Meisn.Description, Image
Corchorus L.Description, Image
Glyphaea Hook. f. ex Planch.Description, Image
Grewia L.Description, Image
Sparrmannia L.f.Description, Image
Triumfetta L.Description

Other sources of information about Tiliaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Tiliaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tiliaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Tiliaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=221, retrieved 24 May 2013

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