Biology:Tulipa systola

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Tulipa

Tulipa systola
Tulipa systola 2.jpg
Flowering in the Negev, Israel
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Species:
T. systola
Binomial name
Tulipa systola
Stapf[1]
Synonyms[2]

Tulipa systola, the desert tulip, is a species of tulip native to the Middle East; Sinai, the Levant, Anatolia, Iraq and Iran.[2][3] A geophyte adapted to arid conditions, it can remain dormant or produce only leaves in bad years based on environmental cues.[4]

References

  1. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 17 (1885)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Tulipa systola Stapf". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542931-1. 
  3. "Tulipa systola (15)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/165056/i-Tulipa-systola-i-(15)/Details. Retrieved 1 September 2020. 
  4. Boeken, B. (1991). "Above-Ground Emergence in the Desert Tulip Tulipa systola Otto Stapf (botanist)|Stapf In the Negev Desert of Israel". Functional Ecology 5 (5): 705–712. doi:10.2307/2389491. 

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