Tulipa urumiensis

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 urumiensis
Name

Tulipa urumiensis Stapf , Bot. Mag. 155: t. 9288 (1932)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tulipa tarda Stapf, Bot. Mag. 156: t. 9321 (1933)
Tulipa urumiensis var. tarda (Stapf) D.Dubovik, Fl. Belarusi 3: 63 (2017)

References
Primary references

Stapf, O. 1932. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 155: t. 9288.

Additional references

Vvedensky, A.I. et al. 1935. Flora of the U.S.S.R.; Liliiflorae and Microspermae 4: 278. Link to English translation from 1961. Illustation as T. tarda

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa urumiensis 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 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tulipa urumiensis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 March 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Tulipa urumiensis. Published online. Accessed: 22 March 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tulipa urumiensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Tulipa urumiensis, the late tulip or tarda 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. The stem is between 4 and 20 cm long. The yellow flowers have white tips, anthers and stamen are yellow.[3]

Tulipa urumiensis is native to central Asia, growing in rocky subalpine meadows in the Tian Shan.[4] It was confused with Tulipa dasystemon for a long time, and only scientifically described in 1932 by Otto Stapf and again as T. tarda in 1933.[5]

The plant blooms in late April and early May in the Northern Hemisphere.[3] The plant was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in 1993.[6][7]
References

Bot. Mag. 155: t. 9288 (1932)
Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 158
Richard Wilford 2008, Tulips. Portland, Timber Press, 157
"Tulipa tarda". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
Otto Stapf, Curtis' botanical magazine 9321, 1933
"Tulipa urumiensis (15)". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.