Tilia vs genus Tilia

Tilia and genus Tilia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Tilia	Yes	No	No	No
genus Tilia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Tilia and genus Tilia are synonyms defined as:

Tilia and genus Tilia: deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees, lindens, basswood

Tilia (noun)	genus Tilia (noun)
deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees, lindens, basswood	deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees, lindens, basswood