Biology:Tulipa sylvestris

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tulipa sylvestris
Illustration Tulipa sylvestris0.jpg
1885 illustration[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Subgenus: Tulipa subg. Eriostemones
Species:
T. sylvestris
Binomial name
Tulipa sylvestris
Synonyms[2]
Tulipa sylvestris - MHNT

Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip[3] or woodland tulip,[4] 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][5] It was first recorded as being naturalised in Britain in the late 17th century.[6]

Description

It is a bulb-forming perennial, with narrow blue-grey leaves and usually with 1 or 2 flowers per stem.[6] The stem can reach up to 50 cm tall. The scented blooms appear between April and May,[6] and the yellow flowers are sometimes tinged red on the outside.[7][8][9][10]

They rarely produce seed and are pollinated by small insects.[6]

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

Tulipa australis is also found on the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, limited to one specific area.[11]

Habitat

It is found in dry grassy places and in woodland copses.[6]

References

  1. ↑ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=290017. Retrieved 2015-05-02. 
  3. ↑ "Tulipa sylvestris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TUSY. Retrieved 12 December 2015. 
  4. ↑ "Perennial Meadows, Design & Plant, Tulipa sylvestris – the woodland tulip". perennialmeadows.com. 16 May 2013. http://www.perennialmeadows.com/2013/05/tulipa-sylvestris-the-woodland-tulip/. Retrieved 2015-05-02. 
  5. ↑ "Plants Profile for Tulipa sylvestris (wild tulip) | United States Department of Agriculture plants profile". plants.usda.gov. http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TUSY. Retrieved 2015-05-02. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Spencer-Jones, Rae; Cuttle, Sarah (2005). Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland. London: Kyle Cathie Limited. p. 80. ISBN 9781856265034. 
  7. ↑ "Altervista Flora Italiana, Tulipano selvatico, Tulipa australis Link". luirig.altervista.org. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=tulipa+australis. Retrieved 2015-05-02. 
  8. ↑ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map". bonap.net. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Tulipa%20sylvestris.png. Retrieved 2015-05-02. 
  9. ↑ Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Schembri, Patrick J.; Baldacchino, Alfred E. (2011) (in Maltese). Ilma, Blat u Hajja: Is-Sisien tal-Ambjent Naturali Malti. p. 81. ISBN 978-99909-44-48-8. http://www.bdlbooks.com/geography/3394-ilma-blat-u-hajja.html. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q163050 entry




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