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Tulipa biflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Species:
T. biflora
Binomial name
Tulipa biflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Liriopogon biflorum (Pall.) Raf.
  • Orithyia biflora (Pall.) Kunth
  • Podonix albiflora Raf.
  • Tulipa bessarabica Zapal.
  • Tulipa biflora var. buhseana Regel
  • Tulipa biflora var. major Boiss.
  • Tulipa binutans Vved.
  • Tulipa buhseana Boiss.
  • Tulipa callieri Halácsy & Levier
  • Tulipa crispatula Boiss. & Buhse
  • Tulipa halophila Bornm. & Gauba
  • Tulipa humilis var. crispatula (Boiss. & Buhse) Boiss.
  • Tulipa koktebelica Junge
  • Tulipa sylvestris var. biflora (Pall.) Ledeb.
  • Tulipa talijevii Klokov & Zoz

Tulipa biflora, commonly known as two-flowered tulip,

Description[edit]

Taxonomy[edit]

Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727 1776.[1] Found in the Caucasus, published in Reise durch Verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. St. Petersburg[2]

Common names: miniatyrtulpan (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish porslinstulpan (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish Distributional Range: Native

Asia-Temperate WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey (e.) MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (w.), Turkmenistan

Asia-Tropical INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan (n.)

Eurasia Russian Federation (Siberia (s. w.))

Europe EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Ukraine (incl. Krym) SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia (s.)[3]


Distribution and habitat[edit]

Seen in the Astrakhan Nature Reserve, Russia,

It is native to temperate Asia and Europe.[3]

Range[edit]

It is found in Iran

Notes in RHS dictionary page 707 syn polychroma div 15 early spring flowering bulb h 5-10 cm (2-4 in) has grey leaves stem bears 1-5 fragrant yellow-centered, white flowers 1`5- 3`5 cm long and tapered at the base narrowly oval petals are flushed outside with greenish grey or greenish pink suits a rock garden

Other common names two-flowered tulip

Synonyms Tulipa polychroma

Family Liliaceae

Genus Tulipa are bulbous perennials with characteristic flowers, in a wide range of colours, in spring

Horticultural Group Miscellaneous tulips include all species and hybrids not otherwise classified

Details T. biflora is a perennial bulb 10cm tall, producing one or two grey-green leaves, and fragrant, star-shaped flowers 4cm across, borne singly or in twos or threes from late winter. The white petals are golden-yellow at the base and flushed grey on the undersides

Plant range Europe, Asia, Africa[4]

10. Tulipa biflora Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727. 1776. 柔毛郁金香 rou mao yu jin xiang

Tulipa buhseana Boissier.

Bulb ovoid, slightly elongate apically, 1--1.5 cm in diam.; tunic brown, woolly-pubescent inside distally. Stem 10--15 cm, usually glabrous. Leaves 2, spaced, linear, not overtopping flower, 5--10 mm wide, margin crisped. Flowers solitary or paired, very rarely more. Tepals milky white, bright yellow at base, oblong to lanceolate, 2--2.5 cm × 6--12 mm; outer ones abaxially tinged with purplish green or yellowish green; inner ones longitudinally streaked with purplish green or yellowish green at center, hairy at base. Inner stamens slightly longer than outer ones; filaments dilated proximally, hairy at base. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule subglobose, ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Fl. and fr. Apr--Jun. 2 n = 24.

Grassy slopes, Artemisia deserts. N and W Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; NE Africa (Egypt), SW Asia, SE Europe].[5]

Authors: Pall.

Synonyms: T. polychroma

Botanical Description Stems to 10cm tall, sometimes more. Leaves only two, grey- green. Flowers two to five, rarely only one, 2-3.5cm long, white with a yellow centre, the tepal backs suffused greenish-grey, with or without a touch of pink, late winter to spring. Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and south-western Siberia. T. turkestanica is much the same but is somewhat taller and more robust with two to four leaves and up to ten flowers with yellow or orange centres. Central Asia to north-western China.[6]

Tulipa biflora Pall. has a range from Macedonia to southwestern Russia and south through the Caucasus Mountains into eastern Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China. Growing to about 10 cm, it has bulb tunics densely lined with hairs inside.It is an early flowering species with starry white 1 to 3 or more flowers with a golden yellow basal blotch tinged on the outside with a greenish or purplish suffusion. It grows on grassy or rocky slopes and screes.[7]

Family: Liliaceae (lil-ee-AY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Tulipa (TOO-li-pa) (Info) Species: biflora (by-FLOR-uh) (Info) Registered or introduced: Circa 1776 Synonym: Tulipa polychroma Height: under 6 in. (15 cm) Spacing: 3-6 in. (7-15 cm) Hardiness: USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) - USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) Sun Exposure: Full Sun and Sun to Partial Shade Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested Bloom Color: Pale Yellow and White/Near White Bloom Time: Mid Spring Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) [8]

Tulipa polychroma Common name Two-Flowered Tulip Hebrew name צבעוני ססגוני Family Liliaceae Petals 6 Leaf form Linear Leaf margin Entire Habitat Desert צורת הגבעול Round Life form Geophyte Distribution in Israel Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat[9]

native of the salt deserts in the basin of the Wolga and often occurs in the company of small yellow tulip Tulipa sylvestris. It was introduced into Britain in 1806. Its leaves are lanceolate and spreading, its stem is 2 or 3 flowered, commonly about 6 inches high, and its flowers are yellow and fragrant and bloom in April[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Tulipa biflora Pall. is an accepted name". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Tulipa biflora | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Taxon: Tulipa biflora Pall". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Tulipa biflora (15) two-flowered tulip". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ "FOC Vol. 24 Page 125". efloras.org (Flora of China). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Tulipa biflora". Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Pacific Bulb Society | Tulipa Species One". www.pacificbulbsociety.org. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ^ "PlantFiles: Species Tulip, Botanical Tulip, Two-Flowered Tulip, Wild Tulip". Dave's Garden. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Two-Flowered Tulip : Protected". www.wildflowers.co.il. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. ^ John Marius Wilson (editor) The Rural Cyclopedia: Or a General Dictionary of Agriculture, and Arts, Sciences, Instruments, and Practice, necessary to the farmer, stockfarmer, gardener, forester, landsteward, farrier, &c. Volume 4 (1849), p. 498, at Google Books

Other Sources[edit]

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Raamsdonk, L. W. D. van & T. de Vries. 1992. Biosystematic studies in Tulipa sect. Eriostemones (Liliaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 179:37. Note: mentions
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  • Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:366.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

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