Tulipa sylvestris

woodland tulip

1885 illustration^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Tulipa
Species:	T. sylvestris
Binomial name
*Tulipa sylvestris* L.
Synonyms^[2]
Synonymy Liriopogon sylvestre (L.) Raf. Tulipa turcica Roth Tulipa gallica Delaun. ex Loisel. Tulipa aurea Raf. Tulipa grisebachiana Pant. Tulipa florentina Baker Tulipa marshalliana Andrz. ex Baker Tulipa grisebachii Borbás Tulipa balcanica Velen. Lilium bononiense E.H.L.Krause. Tulipa abatinoi Borzí & Mattei Tulipa grandiflora Hy Tulipa primulina Baker, syn of subsp. primulina Tulipa cuspidata Regel, syn of subsp. primulina Tulipa elwesii Regel, syn of subsp. primulina Tulipa australis Link, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa pumila Moench, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa celsiana Redouté, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa transtagana Brot., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa maculata Roth, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa biebersteiniana Schult. & Schult.f., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa patens C.Agardh , syn of subsp. australis Tulipa tricolor Ledeb., syn of subsp. australis Liriopogon celsianum (Redouté) Raf., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa sibirica Patrin ex Kunth, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa thirkeana K.Koch, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa fragrans Munby, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa alpestris Jord. & Fourr., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa microgyna Baker, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa caucasica Orph. ex Nyman, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa callieri Halácsy & Levier, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa bessarabica Zapal., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa tchitounyi Azn., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa tenuiscapa Pomel ex Batt., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa paschalis Sennen, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa hypanica Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa ophiophylla Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa quercetorum Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa samarica Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa sareptana Klokov & Zoz., syn of subsp. australis Tulipa scythica Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa talijevii Klokov & Zoz, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa valerii Zoz & Klokov, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa graniticola (Klokov & Zoz) Klokov, syn of subsp. australis Tulipa riparia Knjaz., Kulikov & E.G.Philippov , syn of subsp. australis plus numerous other names at the level of subspecies, variety, or form

Tulipa sylvestris, the woodland tulip,^[3] is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family. Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia. The species is also cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in central and northern Europe as well as a few scattered locations in North America.^[2] It is a bulb-forming perennial, usually with yellow flowers, sometimes tinged red on the outside.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Subspecies^[2]

Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis (Link) Pamp - from Portugal + Morocco to Xinjiang
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. primulina (Baker) Maire & Weiller - Algeria, Morocco
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. sylvestris - Italy, Libya

References

↑ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Perennial Meadows, Design & Plant, Tulipa sylvestris – the woodland tulip
↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Tulipano selvatico, Tulipa australis Link
↑ United Staes Department of Agriculture plants profile
↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
↑ Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
↑ 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.

External links

Plants For a Future, Tulipa sylvestris - L.
Dave's Garden Plantfiles, Florentine Tulip, Wild Tulip Tulipa sylvestris
Pacific Bulb Society, Tulipa Species Four photos of several species
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