Tulipa albanica

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tulipa albanica

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Liliales
Family:  | Liliaceae
Subfamily:  | Lilioideae
Tribe:  | Lilieae
Genus:  | Tulipa
Subgenus:  | Tulipa subg. Tulipa
Species:  |

T. albanica

Binomial name
Tulipa albanica

= Kit Tan & Shuka

Tulipa albanica is a flowering plant in the tulip genus, family Liliaceae that is native to Albania.[2][3][4] It was discovered near the village of Surroj in Albania in 2010.[2] The plant is a critically endangered (CR) as it grows in an area smaller than 100 ha, surrounded by mining activities.

Related species include Tulipa scardica and Tulipa schrenkii. T. albanica bears morphological similarities to both species, as well as growing in a similar environment, but can be distinguished genetically as well as by T. albanica's undulating leaf shape.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Conservation
* 3 References
* 3.1 Bibliography

## Description

Tulipa albanica is a bulbous perennial reaching 15–40 cm (6–16 in) in height. The bulb is ovoid to ovoid-globose and 1.5 to 2.5 cm (5⁄8 to 1 in) in diameter. The stem is erect, glabrous, glaucous to greyish-green and the leaves, which vary from 3–5, reach a size of about 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long by 1–3.5 cm (3⁄8–1 3⁄8 in), and are glaucous to greyish-green. They grow alternately along the stem and the lowermost ones have strongly undulated edges.[5]

The stem bears a solitary large, erect, campanulate flower. It can be found in two colour: yellow to golden-yellow or carmine-scarlet to deep reddish-brown. The chromosome number is 2n = 2x = 24.[5]

## Conservation

The Institute for Environmental Policy, a local NGO is carrying out monitoring and conservation actions, with the aim to propagate the plant to other locations in the region of Kukës, and secure its survival.[6]

## References

1. ↑ Shuka, L. (2018). "Tulipa albanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T13142545A18614500.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13142545/18614500. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wheeler 2011.
3. ↑ Shuka, Tan & Siljak-Yakovlev 2010, p. 19.
4. ↑ Christenhusz et al. 2013.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Shuka, Tan & Siljak-Yakovlev 2010.
6. ↑ "Conservation and propagation of the Albanian tulip". IEP. 23 September 2019. http://iep-al.org/?page_id=948.

### Bibliography

* Shuka, Lulëzim; Tan, Kit; Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja (2010). "Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania". Phytotaxa 10: 17-25. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2010/f/p00010p025f.pdf.
* Wheeler, Quentin (6 Aug 2011). "New to Nature No 49: Tulipa albanica". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/aug/07/tulip-albania-balkans-flower-science.
* Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Govaerts, R.; David, J.C.; Hall, T.; Borland, K.; Roberts, P.S.; Tuomisto, A.; Buerki, S. et al. (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.

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