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Tulipa clusiana, the lady tulip, [3] is an Asian species of tulip native to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and the western Himalayas. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental and is reportedly naturalized in France , Spain , Portugal , Italy , Tunisia , Greece , and Turkey .
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.
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 tulipa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend ...
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. It was first found in Turkestan, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and then published and described by Eduard August von Regel in his botanical magazine ' Gartenflora ' Vol.26 on page 194 in 1877.
Tulipa linifolia, the flax-leaved tulip or Bokhara tulip, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the tulip genus Tulipa (Clusiana group), family Liliaceae, native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan. [4]
The tulip tree is a plot element in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Gold-Bug" (1843). [43] Walt Whitman observed in 1876-77 a 70 foot tall tulip tree and how "from top to bottom, seeking the sweet juice in the blossoms, it swarms with myriads of these wild bees, whose loud and steady humming makes an undertone to the whole." He referred to ...
Resistant to tulip breaking virus, it has been crossed into garden tulips (Tulipa × gesneriana). [11] They naturalize easily and can come back year after year in the garden. They are well suited to mixed borders and can also be used in bedding displays. [5] They can grow in any garden soil but prefer sites in full sun.
Tulipa urumiensis, the late tulip or tardy tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae. It is a perennial growing from a bulb. By some sources the accepted name is Tulipa tarda. It has a leathery tunic that is glabrous on the inside. [2] It has up to seven linear green leaves that can be up to 20 cm long.