Tulipa greigii

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Tulipa

Tulipa greigii

Tulipa greigii botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Liliales
Family:  | Liliaceae
Subfamily:  | Lilioideae
Tribe:  | Lilieae
Genus:  | Tulipa
Species:  |

T. greigii

Binomial name
Tulipa greigii

Regel[1]

Synonyms[2][3]

List

*     * Tulipa karatavica (Regel) Vved. ex Lipsch.
* Tulipa krauseana Regel
* Tulipa mogoltavica Popov & Vved.

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

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Description
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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]

This tulip species 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

1. ↑ Gartenflora 22: 290 (1873)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tulipa greigii Regel". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542931-1.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tulipa greigii Regel is an accepted name". theplantlist.org (The Plant List). 23 March 2012. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-289571. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
4. ↑ "Greig's Tulip 'Chopin'". paghat.com. http://www.paghat.com/tulipgreigiichopin.html.
5. ↑ "Tulipa Species Two". www.pacificbulbsociety.org. 13 May 2015. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/TulipaSpeciesTwo. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
6. ↑ "Tulipa greigii aurea". rareplants.co.uk. https://www.rareplants.co.uk/product/tulipa-greigii-aurea/.
7. ↑ "Liliaceae Tulipa greigii Regel". http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=542931-1. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
8. ↑ McIntosh, Jamie (21 March 2020). "14 Tulip Varieties to Plant for Spring Blooms" (in en). https://www.thespruce.com/tulip-types-for-spring-garden-1315804. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
9. ↑ "Tulipa 'Oratorio' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/58009/i-Tulipa-i-Oratorio-(14)/Details. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
10. ↑ "Tulipa 'Plaisir' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/61718/i-Tulipa-i-Plaisir-(14)/Details. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
11. ↑ "Tulipa 'Red Riding Hood' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/92114/Tulipa-Red-Riding-Hood-(14)/Details. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
12. ↑ "Tulipa 'Toronto' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/81418/i-Tulipa-i-Toronto-(14)/Details. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
13. ↑ "Tulipa 'United States' (14)". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/194542/Tulipa-United-States-(14)/Details. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

## External links

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13301419 Tulips from Kazakhstan

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