Tulipa albanica

Tulipa albanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Tulipa
Subgenus: T. subg. Tulipa
Species: Tulipa albanica

Name

Tulipa albanica Kit Tan & Shuka, Phytotaxa 10: 19 (2010).

• Typus: Albania (Northeast Albania: UTM 34T DM1 and 34T DM3). Kukësi district: 6 km from Kolshi village to Surroj, N- and W-facing open stony serpentine slopes of Ahmet Xhindit, in clearings of Quercus pubescens woodland and Buxus sempervirens scrub, 625 m, 42°02’N, 20°20’E, 7 May 2009, flowers yellow to golden-yellow, Shuka 250 (Holotype TIR, isotypes C, LD, herb. Kit Tan, herb. Shuka).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Albania. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Shuka, L., Tan, K. & Šiljak-Yakovlev, S. 2010. Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania. Phytotaxa 10: 17–25. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Millaku, F., Elezaj. I. & Berisha, N. 2018. Sympatric area and ecology of some Tulipa species in the West Balkan Peninsula. Thaiszia 28(1): 35-47. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa albanica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tulipa albanica. Published online. Accessed: 24 March 2020.

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