Liliaceae
Tulipa

Tulipa biflora Pall.

First published in Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727 (1776)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is North Macedonia, Krym to E. Egypt and Xinjiang. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, East European Russia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • 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.
  • Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, I. & Çimen, A.Ö. (eds.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Türkiye) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit. Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul.
  • Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  • Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Timukhin, I.N. (2008). New records of vascular plants from western Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 93: 789-791.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1985). Flora of Iraq 8: 1-440. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (1995). Flora of Egypt Checklist: i-xii, 1-287. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1963). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 2: 1-454. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Ryabinina, Z.N. & Knyazev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1985). Flora of Iraq 8: 1-440. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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 Kolakovsky, A. [353] Iran K000872549 Isotype Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56461] Iran K003945500 Yes
Furze, P. [1654] Iran K003945535 Yes
Jarrar, R.; Sana; Georgette [8020] Jordan K003945495 Yes
Furse, P. [1506] Iran K003945536 Yes
Furse, P. [5623] Afghanistan K003945568 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [35231] Iran K003945560 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945478 Yes
Albury, S.D.; Cheese, M.J.; Watson, J.M. [1541] Türkiye K003945486 Yes
Stapf, O. [1424] Iran K003945516 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [1061] Iran K003945562 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [35225] Iran K003945555 Yes
Fischer [s.n.] K003945054 No
s.coll. K003947085 No
{Stapf} [4] Iran K003945522 Yes
[Santha] [s.n.] K003945057 No
Hewer, T.F. [920] Iran K003945505 Yes
Rix, E.M. [1909] Türkiye K003945487 Yes
Furse, P. [1034] Iran K003945524 Yes
Crookshank, H. [56] Pakistan K003945575 Yes
Sykes [s.n.] Iran K003945506 Yes
Podlech, D. [10708] Afghanistan K003945572 Yes
Zarre, S.; Zarrei, M. [35298] Iran K003945557 Yes
[E. Dalz] [29] Iran K003945507 Yes
Thorosian, G. [s.n.] Armenia K003945473 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003945526 Yes
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] Armenia K003945480 Yes
Furse, P. [5825] Afghanistan K003945569 Yes
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] Armenia K003945479 Yes
Furse, P. [7022] Türkiye K003945490 Yes
Davis; Bokhari [D56469] Iran K003945502 Yes
Boulos, L.; Jallad, W. [s.n.] Jordan K003945494 Yes
Prescot [s.n.] K003945053 No
[Killondae] [1781] Russia K001553286 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2224] Iran K003945528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945060 No
Bowles Scholarship Bot. Exp. [1072] Iran K003945549 Yes
[R. Guiseppi] [57] Iran K003945508 Yes
Becker, A. [s.n.] K003945058 No
[illegible]; [illegible] [s.n.] Armenia K003945482 Yes
Trott, A.C. [959] Iran K003945510 Yes
Furse, P. [1399] Iran K003945537 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [1024] Iran K003945561 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945055 No
Ingham, J.S. [220] Iran K003945554 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Uzbekistan K003946873 No
[illegible] [[2K/3]] Iran K003945521 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [35255] Iran K003945558 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [35245] Iran K003945559 Yes
Ingham, J. [236A] Iran K003945550 Yes
Stapff [s.n.] Iran K003945523 Yes
Hewer, T.F. [904] Iran K003945501 Yes
Baytop, A.; Baytop, T. [ISTE 48430] Türkiye K003945488 Yes
[B. Bockanen] [s.n.] Armenia K003945484 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000900726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [4/1928] Iran K003945512 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [171] Iran K003945542 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [1022] Iran K003945563 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [s.n.] K003945580 Yes
Polunin, O. [5154] Iraq K003945497 Yes
Rix, E.M. [1911] Türkiye K003945485 Yes
Noskov, A. [7196] K003946878 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003946875 No
Boswell, C. [W1405] Iraq K003945498 Yes
Fischer [s.n.] K003945056 No
Furse, P. [2425] Iran K003945543 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [382] Iran K003945541 Yes
Cowan; Darlington [532] Iran K003945513 Yes
Zarrei, M.; Golzarian, K. [35216] Iran K003945556 Yes
Furse, P. [1335] Iran K003945544 Yes
Trott, A.C. [1175] Iran K003945518 Yes
Herb Lace, J.H. [3313] Pakistan K003945564 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Iran K000900725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rix, E.M. [1964] Türkiye K003945489 Yes
Davis, P.H. [9644] Jordan K003945493 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [1548] Iran K003945514 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [887] Saudi Arabia K003945576 Yes
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] Armenia K003945474 Yes
Bowles Scholarship Bot. Exp. [618] Iran K003945547 Yes
Stapf, O. [1426] Iran K003945517 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [1329] Iran K003945520 Yes
Egger [s.n.] Iran K003945511 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Iran K003945527 Yes
[illegible]; [illegible] [s.n.] Armenia K003945483 Yes
Hewer, T.F. [H1992] Iran K003945525 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [426] Iran K003945539 Yes
Furse, P. [1327] Iran K003945545 Yes
Furse, P. [1948] Iran K003945548 Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [11695] Jordan K003945492 Yes
Chick, H. [56] Iran K003945529 Yes
[R. Guiseppi] [46] Iran K003945509 Yes
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] Armenia K003945481 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [157] Iran K003945540 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945052 No
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] K003946876 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [s.n.] Afghanistan K003945565 Yes
Polunin, O. [11827] Iran K003945504 Yes
Furse, P. [5119] Iran K003945538 Yes
Tscholakian, Z. [s.n.] Armenia K003945477 Yes
Polunin, O. [11860] Iran K003945503 Yes
[V. Bogdan] [s.n.] K003946879 No
Hewer, T. [1190] Afghanistan K003945571 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945578 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945582 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [677] Afghanistan K003945570 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945579 Yes
Ingham, J. [174] Iran K003945515 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [s.n.] Egypt K003945573 Yes
Ingham, J.S. [221] Iran K003945551 Yes
[H. Stuart Hornes] [264] Iran K003945530 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K003945059 No
Gabrielian, E. [s.n.] Armenia K003945475 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945581 Yes
Collenette, S. [887] Saudi Arabia K003945577 Yes
[illegible] [1356] K003946877 No
Khattak, G. [495] Pakistan K003945574 Yes
Trott, A.C. [447] Iran K003945519 Yes
Furse, P. [5623] Afghanistan K003945567 Yes
Nepli, G.N. [78] Tajikistan Tulipa prolongata K003946934 Yes
Orazova, A.; Fissjun, V. Tulipa buhseana K003946570 Yes
Trott, A.C. [212] Iran Tulipa polychroma K003945546 Yes
G.W.R. [s.n.] Iran Tulipa polychroma K003947324 No
Kolbintsev, V. [KZ22] Kazakhstan Tulipa binutans K001612274 No
Furse, P. [7696] Afghanistan Tulipa turcomanica K003945589 Yes
Furse, P. [5244] Iran Tulipa turcomanica K003945592 Yes
Sintenis, P. [39] Tulipa turcomanica K003946882 No
Sintenis, P. [39] Tulipa turcomanica K003946881 No
Furse, P. [7524] Iran Tulipa turcomanica K003945588 Yes
Furse, P. [5202] Iran Tulipa turcomanica K003945587 Yes
Furse, P. [7696] Afghanistan Tulipa turcomanica K003945590 Yes
Furse, P. [5244] Iran Tulipa turcomanica K003945591 Yes
Furse, P. [5202] Iran Tulipa turcomanica K003945586 Yes
Sintenis, P. [396] Tulipa turcomanica K003946880 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Ukraine Tulipa koktebelica K003945098 Yes
Becker, A. [s.n.] Russia Tulipa koktebelica K003945097 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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