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tulips
Tulipa
Tulips (Tulipa) form a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red yellow or white. They often have a different coloured blotch at the base of the tepals (petals), internally. because of a degree of variability within the populations, and a long history of cultivation, classification has been complex and controversial. The tulip is a member of the Liliaceae (lily) family,...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tulipa subgen. Tulipa
subgenusTulipa
Tulipa subgen. Eriostemones
subgenusEriostemones
Late Tulip
speciesTulipa tarda
Tulipa subgen. Clusianae
subgenusClusianae
Tulipa subgen. Orithyia
subgenusOrithyia
Tulipa × tschimganica
hybridTulipa × tschimganica
Tulipa lorestanica
speciesTulipa lorestanica
Tulipa schachimardanica
speciesTulipa schachimardanica
Tulipa salsola
speciesTulipa salsola
Tulipa mongolica
speciesTulipa mongolica
Tulipa brinkii
speciesTulipa brinkii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.152
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.162
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.160
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.202
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.168
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.166
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.163
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.160
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.158
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.157
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.156
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.174
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55800.