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The tulip's flowers are usually large and are actinomorphic (radially symmetric) and hermaphrodite (contain both male and female characteristics), generally erect, or more rarely pendulous, and are arranged more usually as a single terminal flower, or when pluriflor as two to three (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica), but up to four, flowers on the end ...
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Tulipa gesneriana, the Didier's tulip [2] or garden tulip, is a species of plant in the lily family, cultivated as an ornamental in many countries because of its large, showy flowers. This tall, late-blooming species has a single blooming flower and linear or broadly lanceolate leaves.
A field of wild Siam tulips in Pa Hin Ngam National Park, Thailand. Curcuma alismatifolia, Siam tulip or summer tulip (Thai: ปทุมมา, RTGS: pathumma; กระเจียวบัว, RTGS: krachiao bua; ขมิ้นโคก, RTGS: khamin khok) is a tropical plant native to Laos, northern Thailand, and Cambodia.
Tulipa eichleri, commonly known as Eichler tulip or Eichler's tulip, is a species of tulip. It is a bulbous flowering perennial with long green leaves,deep red flowers with a central black blotch, coming from the Caucasus Mountains (between Europe and Asia). It is thought to be a synonym of Tulipa undulatifolia Boiss.
Tulipa cretica, the Cretan tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, endemic to Crete. [3] [2] A bulbous geophyte reaching 25 cm (10 in) with white flowers that fade to pink, it is typically found growing in rocky habitats such as noncoastal cliffs and mountain peaks. [3]
It is commonly known as the 'Water-lily Tulip'. [8] because the petals of the flower open out like a star or waterlily.[5] [3] [4]The Latin specific epithet kaufmanniana refers to Konstantin von Kaufman (1818–1882) who was the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan where the tulip was found.
The word tulip, first mentioned in western Europe in or around 1554 and seemingly derived from the "Turkish Letters" of diplomat Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, first appeared in English as tulipa or tulipant, entering the language by way of French: tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulīpa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend ...