Tilia chingiana

taxobox
name = "Tilia chingiana"

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image_caption = "Tilia chingiana" leaves, midsummer
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Tilia"
species = "T. chingiana"
binomial = "Tilia chingiana"
binomial_authority = Hu & W.C.Cheng
synonyms = *"Tilia breviradiata" Rehder
*"Tilia orocryptica" Croizat
*"Tilia tuan" Szyszlowicz var. "breviradiata" Rehder|

"Tilia chingiana" Hu & W.C.Cheng is a medium-sized tree native to the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang in China. It is a deciduous tree growing to 15 m tall, its bark grey and smooth. The cordate chartreuse leaves are offset at the base, 5 - 10 cm long, and borne on 2.5 - 4 cm petioles. In China, the tree flowers during June and July Tang, Y., Gilbert, M. G., & Dorr, L. J. Tiliaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) (2007). "Flora of China", Vol. 12. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN 10-193-072340-7 [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250077056] ] .

The tree has been widely introduced to Europe and North America.

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