Tulipa humilis explained

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

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:

• 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. ^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/TulipaSpeciesOne Pacific Bulb Society
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/242821#page/238/mode/1up Herbert, William 1844. Edwards's Botanical Register 30: 30–31
3. Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
4. Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
5. Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
6. Eker, I., Babaç, M.T. & Koyuncu, M. (2014). Revision of the genus Tulipa L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 157: 1-112.
7. Web site: Tulipa aucheriana . www.rhs.org . Royal Horticultural Society . 5 March 2021.