Tulipa sylvestris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Tulipa
Subgenus: Tulipa subg. Eriostemones
Species: Tulipa sylvestris
Subspecies: T. s. subsp. australis – T. s. subsp. primulina – T. s. subsp. sylvestris

Name

Tulipa sylvestris L. Sp. Pl.: 305 (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Liriopogon sylvestre (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 35 (1837)

Note: This species is implicated in Tulipomania and is highly influential in modern Tulip breeding (Stefanaki et al. 2020).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Middle Europe
  - Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - France, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicily, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Altay, West Siberia.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Western Asia
  - Turkey.
- China
  - Xinjiang.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 305. Reference page.

Additional references

Jäger, E.J. 1973. Zur Verbreitung und Lebensgeschichte der Wildtulpe (Tulipa sylvestris L.) und Bemerkungen zur Chorologie der Gattung Tulipa L.. Hercynia 10(4): 429-448.
Stefanaki, A., Walter, T. & van Andel, T. 2022. Tracing the introduction history of the tulip that went wild (Tulipa sylvestris) in sixteenth-century Europe. Scientific Reports 12(1): p.9786. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13378-9

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa sylvestris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tulipa sylvestris. Published online. Accessed: 22 March 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tulipa sylvestris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Цюльпан лясны
čeština: tulipán planý
dansk: Vild Tulipan
Deutsch: Wilde Tulpe
English: Wild Yellow Tulip
suomi: Metsätulppaani
hornjoserbsce: Dźiwja tulpa
Nederlands: Bostulp
norsk: Villtulipan
slovenčina: tulipán lesný

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