Tulipa humilis

Life-forms

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 humilis
Varietates: (5)
T. h. var. aucheriana – T. h. var. humilis – T. h. var. kurdica – T. h. var. pulchella – T. h. var. violacea
Name

Tulipa humilis Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 30 (1844)
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Western Asia
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.

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

Herbert, W. 1844. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(misc.): 30.
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Govaerts, R.H.A., David, J.C., Hall, T., , Roberts, P.S., Tuomisto, A., Buerki, S., Chase, M.W. & Fay, M.F. 2013. Tiptoe through the tulips - cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 172(3): 280–328. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12061 Open access Reference page: -->pdf

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa humilis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 March 21. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa humilis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 March 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tulipa humilis. Published online. Accessed: 21 March 2020.

Vernacular names
English: crocus tulip
Nederlands: violette tulp
svenska: Violtulpan

Tulipa humilis is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, found in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and the North Caucasus region of Russia.[2] The flowers are pink with yellow centers. Its preferred habitat are rocky mountain slopes.[1][3][4] It is known by several other names in horticulture.[5][6][7][8][9]
Synonyms

Tulipa humilis is a very variable species in both size and the appearance of the flowers. Several different names used in horticulture refer to this species. According to Christenhusz et al., the following should be included in T. humilis:[8]

Tulipa aucheriana Baker – wild plants are T. humilis var. aucheriana, cultivated plants can be treated as a cultivar group, T. humilis Aucheriana Group
Tulipa kurdica Wendelbo – T. humilis var. kurdica
Tulipa pulchella (Regel) Baker – wild plants are T. humilis var. pulchella, cultivated plants T. humilis Pulchella Group
Tulipa violacea Boiss. & Buhse – wild plants are T. humilis var. violacea, cultivated plants T. humilis Violacea Group

Cultivation

Under the synonym Tulipa aucheriana this plant has been given the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [10]
References

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 30 (1844)
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Pacific Bulb Society
Herbert, William 1844. Edwards's Botanical Register 30: 30–31 description in Latin, commentary in English.
Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
Christenhusz, Maarten J.M.; Govaerts, Rafaël; David, John C.; Hall, Tony; Borland, Katherine; Roberts, Penelope S.; Tuomisto, Anne; Buerki, Sven; Chase, Mark W.; Fay, Michael F. (2013). "Tiptoe through the tulips – cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (3): 280–328. doi:10.1111/boj.12061.
Eker, I., Babaç, M.T. & Koyuncu, M. (2014). Revision of the genus Tulipa L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 157: 1-112.
"Tulipa aucheriana". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 March 2021.