Biology:Tulipa vvedenskyi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tulipa vvedenskyi
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In cultivation in Poland
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Subgenus: Tulipa subg. Tulipa
Species:
T. vvedenskyi
Binomial name
Tulipa vvedenskyi
Botschantz.[1]

Tulipa vvedenskyi is a species in the genus Tulipa, in the lily family. It is found in Tajikistan and perhaps Uzbekistan. Some authorities have it as a synonym of Tulipa alberti.[2] Its cultivar 'Tangerine Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] 'Tangerine Beauty' has large bright red flowers flamed with soft orange,[4] and it blooms Mid-May.[5] Another cultivar is T. vvedenskyi 'Orange Sunset'[6]

Etymology

Tulipa vvedenskyi was first published by Dr. Zinaida Petronava Botschantzeva (a botanist from Kazakhstan) in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Zool. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. Issue 14, Edition 3 in 1954.[7][8][9]

Then in 1971, Iris zenaidae was first found by Alexei Vvedensky and he named the iris (Juno zenaidae) after Dr. Zinaida.[10]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15547272 entry