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 Rus, 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 Russi, 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, 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
Fischer [s.n.] Mongolia K003946874 No
[Strange 135] Tajikistan K001767085 No
Brickell; Mathew Uzbekistan K001612288 No
Innes, J. [s.n.] Pakistan K000844382 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-16742.000 No
K:SPC-16741.000 No
Aitchison [150] Afghanistan K003945369 Yes
s. coll. [s.n.] K003945362 No
Callier, A. [205] Russia K000900768 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bunge, A. [s.n.] K000844627 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meynell, L. [999] Pakistan K000844383 Type Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] France K000518089 Yes
Karelin, G.S.; Kiriloff. [s.n.] Kazakhstan K001691437 No
K001767087 No
Besser, W. [s.n.] K000844492 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K000844633 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mongolia K003946592 Yes
China K001612268 No
Ledebour [s.n.] K000844490 Unknown Type Material Yes
France K000518088 Yes
K:SPC-15206.000 No
s.coll. [535] United Kingdom K000872545 Lectotype Yes
Siebe, W. [226] Turkey K000900730 Unknown Type Material Yes
France K000518092 Yes
Fisher [s.n.] K000844491 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M [6799] United Kingdom K000696721 No
Schomberg, R.C.F. [s.n.] Pakistan K000844384 Unknown Type Material Yes
Willmott, E.A. [25] France K000518090 Yes
Callier, A. [205] Russia K000900769 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000844484 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindtner, V. [s.n.] Serbia K000900758 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images