Liliaceae
Tulipa

Tulipa undulatifolia Boiss.

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 5: 57 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Balkan Peninsula to W. & Central Türkiye, Caucasus, NE. Iran to Central Asia. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

East Aegean Is., Greece, Iran, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • 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.
  • Shuka, L., Kit Tan & Krasniqi, E. (2012). Tulipa kosovarica (Liliaceae), a new species of tulip from Kosovo. Phytotaxa 62: 1-9.
  • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F., Matevski, V. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 18. Phytologia Balcanica 18: 69-92.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • 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.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900739 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [66] Greece K000900746 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900743 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H.von [s.n.] Greece K000900741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900745 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900744 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Greece K000900740 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marais, W. [1500] Türkiye K003945283 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K003945836 Yes
Davis [42185] Türkiye K003945843 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1841] Greece K003945270 Yes
Marais, W. [1500] Türkiye K003945282 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1841] Greece K003945271 Yes
Baytop, A. [19047] Türkiye K003945848 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947369 No
Baytop, T. [ISTE21466] Türkiye K003945841 Yes
K001612279 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945855 Yes
Meyer, F.N. [527] Azerbaijan K003945835 Yes
Sintenis, P. [335] Türkiye K003945850 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [11050] Türkiye K003945853 Yes
Sykes [s.n.] Iran K003945839 Yes
Kolakovsky, A. [s.n.] Iran K003945834 Yes
Baytop, A.; Baytop, T. [19172] Türkiye K003945847 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [88/117] Greece K003945274 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1181] Greece K003945277 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2498] Iran K003945838 Yes
Demiriz, H. [178] Türkiye K003945844 Yes
Tanker, N. [3527] Türkiye K003945842 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1181] Greece K003945275 Yes
[Eschar] [s.n.] K003945837 Yes
[Y. Savic]; [A. Meriçli] [ISTE27821] Türkiye K003945284 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1919] Greece K003945273 Yes
Marais, W. [1500] Türkiye K003945281 Yes
Bambakinis [s.n.] K003947370 No
Schelkownikow, A. [s.n.] Azerbaijan K003945833 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003945854 Yes
Saviç, Y.; Meriçli, A. [ISTE27388] Türkiye K003945846 Yes
Sintenis, P. [335] Türkiye K003945851 Yes
Sykes, H.P. [847] Iran K003945840 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [479] Greece K003945279 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [1181] Greece K003945272 Yes
[Y. Saviç]; [A. Meriçli] [ISTE27821] Türkiye K003945280 Yes
Baytop, T. [ISTE38998] Türkiye K003945852 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003947371 No
Atchley, S.C. [1919] Greece K003945278 Yes
Marais, W. [1612] Türkiye K003945845 Yes
Watson, J.M. [28] Türkiye K003945849 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [3371] Greece K003945276 Yes

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