Tulipa greigii

Life-forms

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 greigii
Name

Tulipa greigii Regel, Gartenflora 22: 290 (1873).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Tulipa greigii var. typica Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 264 (1877), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
Tulipa altaica var. karatavica Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(I): 439 (1868).
Tulipa greigii var. flava Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 449 (1873).
Tulipa greigii var. campanulata Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 264 (1877).
Tulipa krauseana Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 508 (1879).
Tulipa greigii aurea Tubergen, Nursery Cat. (van Tubergen) 1896(Flowerroots): 14 (1896).
Tulipa karatavica (Regel) Vved. ex Lipsch., Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 733 (1931 publ. 1932).
Tulipa mogoltavica Popov & Vved., Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 2: 318 (1971).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Regel, E.A. von 1873. Gartenflora 22: 290, Tafel 773.

Additional references

Regel, E.A. von 1873. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 449.
Vvedensky, A.I. et al. 1935. Flora of the U.S.S.R.; Liliiflorae and Microspermae 4: 257. Link to English translation from 1968. Illustation as T. mogoltavica

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa greigii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 05 April. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa greigii in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 05 April. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tulipa greigii. Published online. Accessed: 05 April 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tulipa greigii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Tulipa greigii, (Greig's tulip) is a species of tulip native to Central Asia and Iran.[2]

Taxonomy

The Latin specific epithet greigi honors the Russian Samuel Greig,[4] (1735-1788, "Father of the Russian navy")[5] due to Greig once being president of the Russian Horticultural Society.[6]

The tulip was originally found in Turkestan,[7] and then published and described by Eduard August von Regel in Gartenflora Vol.22 on page 290 in 1873.[3]
Description

Tulipa greigii typically grows 8–12 in (20–30 cm) tall, they have single flowers with a bowl-like shape, blooming in early to mid-spring. They also have spotted and striped leaves and the flowers are quite large, up to 4 in (102 mm) wide. The blooms are more limited in colour shades than with other tulips, ranging from red and yellow to white.[8]

It is known for its variegated green and purple-maroon leaves. Its cultivars 'Oratorio',[9] 'Plaisir',[10] 'Red Riding Hood',[11] 'Toronto',[12] and 'United States' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[13]

It was featured on a Soviet postage stamp in 1960.
Soviet stamp from 1960
References

Gartenflora 22: 290 (1873)
"Tulipa greigii Regel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
"Tulipa greigii Regel is an accepted name". theplantlist.org (The Plant List). 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
"Greig's Tulip 'Chopin'". paghat.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
"Tulipa Species Two". www.pacificbulbsociety.org. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
"Tulipa greigii aurea". rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
"Liliaceae Tulipa greigii Regel". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
McIntosh, Jamie (21 March 2020). "14 Tulip Varieties to Plant for Spring Blooms". The Spruce. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
"Tulipa 'Oratorio' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
"Tulipa 'Plaisir' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
"Tulipa 'Red Riding Hood' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
"Tulipa 'Toronto' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
"Tulipa 'United States' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 August 2020.