Biology:Tulipa agenensis
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| Tulip agenensis in Israel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Tulipa |
| Subgenus: | Tulipa subg. Tulipa |
| Species: | T. agenensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tulipa agenensis Redouté
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Synonymy
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Tulipa agenensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.[1] It is native to Turkey, Iran, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and naturalized in the central and western Mediterranean (Italy, Tunisia, France , Portugal, Moldova etc.).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Tulipa agenensis is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers are brick red or deep red with black and yellow markings toward the center with a green stem. The petals are oval, tapered with curled tips and it has green and lanceolate foliage.[8]
Taxonomy
In Italy, it was commonly known as the 'Red Tulip of Bologne'.[9]
The specific epithet agenensis, refers to the French town of Agen, where a wild colony of the tulips were found.[9]
T. agenensis was originally described and published by Pierre-Joseph Redouté in his painted series 'Les Liliacées' Vol.1 in February 1804.[10][11]
Culture
A painting by the Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn II, 'Vase of Flowers with a Curtain' in 1615, has several tulips including a hybrid Tulipa hungarica crossed with Tulipa agenensis. While Osias Beert I painting Flowers in a glass vase in a niche (undated but c.1606), also has several tulips including the Red tulip, Tulipa agenensis.[8]
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Tulipano selvatico, Tulipa agenensis DC.
- ↑ Eker, I., Babaç, M.T. & Koyuncu, M. (2014). Revision of the genus Tulipa L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 157: 1-112.
- ↑ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- ↑ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- ↑ Dimpoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- ↑ Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sam Segal and Klara Alen Dutch and Flemish Flower Pieces (2 Vols in case): Paintings, Drawings and Prints up to the Nineteenth Century, Vol.1 (2020), p. 177, at Google Books
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Celia Fisher Tulip (2017), p. 74, at Google Books
- ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542811-1.
- ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté, Liliac. [Redouté 1: t. 60, Add. (1804)."]. International Plant Names Index. https://www.ipni.org/n/542811-1.
External links
- Flowers in Israel, Tulipa agenensis, Tulipa oculis-solis, Tulipa sharonensis, Sharon tulip, Sun's-eye tulip, Hebrew: צבעוני ההרים, Arabic: زنبق, قرن الغزالزنبق, قرن الغزال in English with color photos
- Flowering Jordan, Tulipa agenensis color photos
- Tulipa agenensis - Cyprus - (Cyprus Red Data Book) YouTube video
- Pacific Bulb Society, Tulipa Species One photos of several species including Tulipa agenensis
Wikidata ☰ Q3541955 entry
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