Liliaceae

Tulipa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 305 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Central & E. Europe, Medit. to Mongolia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Chita, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Greece, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, California, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Korea, Maryland, Massachusetts, Netherlands, New York, Norway, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Poland, Sweden

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Govaerts, R., David, J.C., Hall, T., Borland, K., Roberts, P.S., Tuomisto, A., Buerki, S., Chase, M.W. & Fay, M.F. (2013). Tiptoe through the tulips - cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 280-328.
  • Eker, I., Babaç, M.T. & Koyuncu, M. (2014). Revision of the genus Tulipa L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 157: 1-112.
  • Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
  • Zonneveld, B.J.M. (2009). The systematic value of nuclear genome size for "all" species of Tulipa L. (Liliaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 281: 217-245.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2013 s.coll. [534] United Kingdom K000872546 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Glover, W.T. [s.n.] Pakistan K000872547 Type Yes
Mar 1, 2011 s.coll. [Cat. no. 5081] India K000639614 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] France K000518089 Yes
Maw, G. [s.n.] France K003945103 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947352 No
Furse, J.P.W. [s.n.] Iran K003946514 Yes
Caruel, T. [s.n.] Italy K003945127 Yes
Zarrei, M. [547] Iran K003946518 Yes
Giles [s.n.] K003947054 No
Meynell, L. [999] Pakistan K000844383 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946529 Yes
[s.n.] K003946425 Yes
Carmine [21] K003945357 Yes
[1652] Cyprus K003945959 No
[Strange 135] Tajikistan K001767085 No
K001767087 No
[2252] Iran K003946432 Yes
Levier, E. [s.n.] Italy K003945202 Yes
Bunge, A. [s.n.] K000844627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ala (Mrs) [IVT76176] Iran K003946475 Yes
[s.n.] K002889940 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946527 Yes
France K000518088 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [1669] Iraq K003946496 Yes
Ala (Mrs) [IVT76175] Iran K003946476 Yes
[7418] Iran K003946421 Yes
[s.n.] K002889934 Yes
[s.n.] Iran K003946418 Yes
Martelli, U. [s.n.] Italy K003945226 Yes
Furse, P. [6241A] Afghanistan K003946486 Yes
Furse, P. [7170] Iran K003946470 Yes
[6504] K002889911 Yes
[s.n.] Cyprus K003945956 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945200 Yes
[s.n.] K002889912 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945100 Yes
[s.n.] K002889924 Yes
[[1077]] K002889898 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] Italy K003945119 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946853 No
Fiori; Béguinot [2016 (bis)] Italy K003945131 Yes
[s.n.] K002889895 Yes
[s.n.] K002889913 Yes
[s.n.] K002889935 Yes
Sykes [s.n.] Iran K003946403 Yes
[s.n.] K002889922 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947332 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945358 Yes
Dammann [34] Türkiye K003945366 Yes
Whittall [322] K003946533 Yes
Martelli, U. [s.n.] Italy K003945201 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K000844633 Unknown Type Material Yes
Linton, E.F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002889887 Yes
[s.n.] K002889894 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945747 Yes
[s.n.] K002889930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947349 No
[HS2492] Türkiye K003946408 Yes
Reverchon, E. [s.n.] Spain K002889301 No
[s.n.] K002889904 Yes
Thomas, G. [[90/2]] France K003945099 Yes
Dammann [33] Türkiye K003945365 Yes
[4293] West Bank K003945917 No
K:SPC-16742.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947337 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K003947357 No
[s.n.] K002889933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Afghanistan K003946489 Yes
[6502] Iran K003946449 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1924] Greece K003945134 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Zarre, S. [1065] Iran K003946478 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K003946513 Yes
K:SPC-16741.000 No
[s.n.] K003946427 Yes
[5105] Iran K003946441 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947343 No
[s.n.] K002889937 Yes
[s.n.] K002889888 Yes
[5049] Iran K003946448 Yes
[225] Iran K003946435 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947348 No
[896] Cyprus K003945954 No
Besser, W. [s.n.] K000844492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furse, P. [6241A] Afghanistan K003946487 Yes
[s.n.] K002889885 Yes
Zarre, S.; Zarrei, M. [35292] Iran K003946407 Yes
[s.n.] K002889914 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia K003946401 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945102 Yes
[[29]] K002889920 Yes
[225] Iran K003946434 Yes
Hewer, T.F. [H2020] Iran K003946472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945122 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1924] Greece K003945135 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946854 No
[HS2442] Türkiye K003946415 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945233 Yes
Levier, E. [s.n.] Italy K003945228 Yes
[HS2372] Türkiye K003946409 Yes
[6542] Iran K003946459 Yes
Hewer, T.F. [H2015] Iran K003945531 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945125 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946525 Yes
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Türkiye K003945423 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945104 Yes
Rix, E.M. [1683] Türkiye K003946521 Yes
[67356] Türkiye K003946413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945126 Yes
Callier, A. [205] Russia K000900768 Unknown Type Material Yes
[J. S. Ingham] [101] Iran K003946474 Yes
Lazkov; Shalpykov; Wilson [135] Kyrgyzstan K001930760 Isotype No
[23a] K002889897 Yes
[s.n.] K002889909 Yes
s. coll. [s.n.] K003945362 Yes
China K001612268 No
Brickell; Mathew Uzbekistan K001612288 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Mongolia K003946592 Yes
Karelin, G.S.; Kiriloff. [s.n.] Kazakhstan K001691437 Yes
Fischer [s.n.] Mongolia K003946874 No
Aitchison [150] Afghanistan K003945369 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946849 No
Martelli, U. [s.n.] Italy K003945227 Yes
[s.n.] K002889906 Yes
[20] K002889889 Yes
Mathew, B.F.; Brickell, C.D. [10506] Uzbekistan K003946941 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [s.n.] Türkiye K003946495 Yes
Furse, P. [6241] Afghanistan K003946488 Yes
s.coll. [182] K003946532 Yes
Reverchon, E. Spain K002889302 Yes
[5824] Afghanistan K003946467 Yes
[s.n.] K002889917 Yes
[s.n.] Iran K003946450 Yes
[s.n.] K002889908 Yes
[W.L.J.]; [Travelyen] [185] Italy K003945129 Yes
[103] Cyprus K003945955 No
[HS2255] Türkiye K003946411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945128 Yes
Zarrei, M. [1211] Iran K003946517 Yes
Furse, P. [3464] Iran K003946510 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947350 Yes
Furse, P. [7855] Afghanistan K003946483 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947340 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946526 Yes
Mussa [s.n.] K003946856 No
[s.n.] K002889892 Yes
Ledebour [s.n.] K000844490 Unknown Type Material Yes
[7476] Iran K003946422 Yes
[s.n.] K002889905 Yes
{Edgeworth} [107] India K003947055 Yes
van Tubergen, C.G. [s.n.] Türkiye K003946519 Yes
s.coll. K002889303 Yes
[s.n.] K003946428 Yes
[s.n.] Cyprus K003945963 No
Merton, L.F.H. [3252] Iran K003946469 Yes
[s.n.] K002889931 Yes
[s.n.] K002889884 Yes
[s.n.] K002889903 Yes
[6561] K002889882 Yes
[5824] Afghanistan K003946466 Yes
[5105] Iran K003946442 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945370 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945229 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945105 Yes
[[17]] K002889891 Yes
Lacaita, C.C. Spain K002889299 Yes
Innes, J. [s.n.] Pakistan K000844382 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947354 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K003947334 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945138 Yes
Moggridge, M. [s.n.] France K003945111 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000844484 Type Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K003946851 No
[7558] Iran K003946431 Yes
[1652] Cyprus K003945960 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947355 No
[63] Cyprus K003945962 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947344 No
[s.n.] K002889926 Yes
Porta, P.; Rigo, G. Spain K002889305 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947351 No
[1077] K002889899 Yes
Furse, P. [5472] Afghanistan K003946490 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France K003945112 Yes
[7493] Iran K003946423 Yes
[Feket] [85] Tajikistan K003946939 Yes
[s.n.] K002889890 Yes
Dammann [36] Türkiye K003945367 Yes
Caruel, T. [s.n.] Italy K003945120 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947345 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946852 No
[1013] Afghanistan K003946468 Yes
[s.n.] K002889896 Yes
[25] K002889919 Yes
[s.n.] K002889929 Yes
s.coll. Spain K002889300 Yes
[HS2505] Türkiye K003946414 Yes
Gumbleton, W.E. [s.n.] K003945364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945232 Yes
[11778] Iran K003946444 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947322 No
[2528] Cyprus K003945957 No
Gilliat-Smith, B. [s.n.] Iran K003947339 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132789 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia K003946515 Yes
[T. Raddei Regel] [s.n.] K003945137 Yes
[s.n.] K002889928 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947353 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946530 Yes
s.coll. [535] United Kingdom K000872545 Lectotype Yes
Bosshard, A.; Klötzli, F.; Schaffner, R. [s.n.] Pakistan K003947056 Yes
[s.n.] K002889938 Yes
[s.n.] K002889915 Yes
Santapau, H. [6474] Pakistan K003946494 Yes
[566] Afghanistan K003946455 Yes
[1522] Iran K003946424 Yes
[81] K002889925 Yes
[AA/1] Türkiye K003945948 No
[s.n.] K002889893 Yes
Martelli, U. [s.n.] Italy K003945123 Yes
[1077] K002889900 Yes
[s.n.] K002889923 Yes
Siebe, W. [226] Türkiye K000900730 Unknown Type Material Yes
[6241B] Afghanistan K003946456 Yes
[2659] Iran K003946446 Yes
Furse, P. [8208] Afghanistan K003946485 Yes
[B476] Türkiye K003946410 Yes
Archibald, J.C. [2071] Iran K003946471 Yes
Rix, E.M. [715a] Türkiye K003946520 Yes
[L. Bagh] [s.n.] Italy K003945121 Yes
[s.n.] K002889916 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [747] Afghanistan K003946493 Yes
Vidal, G. [s.n.] France K003945114 Yes
[7233] Iran K003946420 Yes
[IJM] [s.n.] France K003945118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K003946522 Yes
[1058] Afghanistan K003946454 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946850 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947356 No
Pons, H.A. [s.n.] France K003945115 Yes
Sykes [s.n.] Iran K003946402 Yes
[HS2456] Türkiye K003946417 Yes
[s.n.] K002889927 Yes
Callier, A. [205] Russia K000900769 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. Spain K002889307 Yes
[s.n.] K002889901 Yes
[s.n.] K002889910 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [3300] Iran K003946516 Yes
[5169] Iran K003946453 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K003947347 No
Luschan [s.n.] K003946524 Yes
[204/00] K003946426 Yes
Egger [10] Iran K003947335 No
France K000518092 Yes
[s.n.] K002889883 Yes
[HS2175] Türkiye K003946412 Yes
[M. Louis Lortat] [s.n.] France K003945108 Yes
Gabelli, L.; Gabelli, L. [s.n.] Italy K003945130 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M [6799] United Kingdom K000696721 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945106 Yes
MJC [s.n.] K003947331 No
[s.n.] K002889939 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945113 Yes
[s.n.] K002889902 Yes
[2528] Cyprus K003945958 No
[s.n.] K003946430 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945327 No
[7233B] Iran K003946437 Yes
Furse, P. [5642] Afghanistan K003946491 Yes
Furse, P. [5642] Afghanistan K003946492 Yes
K:SPC-15206.000 No
Barr; Whittall [s.n.] K003946528 Yes
Foster, M. [s.n.] K003945359 Yes
[s.n.] K002889921 Yes
[s.n.] K002889932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946523 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945230 Yes
Willmott, E.A. [25] France K000518090 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946855 No
[s.n.] Iran K003946457 Yes
Furse, P. [7185] Iran K003945532 Yes
Lindtner, V. [s.n.] Serbia K000900758 Unknown Type Material Yes
[5765] Afghanistan K003946465 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945101 Yes
Furse, P. [7054] Iran K003945533 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945360 Yes
[530-310] Iran K003946433 Yes
Parris, B.S. [7511] Iran K003946482 Yes
[s.n.] K002889886 Yes
[s.n.] K002889918 Yes
[6547] Iran K003946458 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945136 Yes
Bourgeau, E. Spain K002889304 Yes
Schomberg, R.C.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K000844384 Unknown Type Material Yes
Foster, M. [s.n.] Iran K003947336 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947346 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945199 Yes
[s.n.] K002889936 Yes
Gandoger, M. [s.n.] France K003945110 Yes
Zarrei, M. [1044] Iran K003946477 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945203 Yes
[11778] Iran K003946443 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945109 Yes
[W. W. Samosen] [s.n.] K003945363 Yes
[J. Ingham] [236] Iran K003946479 Yes
[s.n.] K003946429 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K003945133 Yes
Furse, P. [7524] Iran K003946473 Yes
Furse, P. [PF7855] Afghanistan K003946484 Yes
Jordan [s.n.] Italy K003945124 Yes
[HS2454] Türkiye K003946416 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947333 No
[s.n.] K002889907 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945231 Yes
James, W.E. [s.n.] Iran K003945534 Yes
Butkov, A.; Vvedensky, A. [s.n.] K003946848 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945361 No
Groves, H. [s.n.] Italy K003945132 Yes
Huguenin, A. [s.n.] France K003945117 Yes
Joad, G.C. Spain K002889306 Yes
[5049] Iran K003946447 Yes
[Barr & Sons] [s.n.] K003945368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K003945107 Yes
[s.n.] Cyprus K003945961 No
[5765] Afghanistan K003946464 Yes
[27] Iran K003946438 Yes
Fisher [s.n.] K000844491 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K003947338 No

Sources

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