Tulipa agenensis

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tulipa agenensis

Tulip agenensis in Israel
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. agenensis

Binomial name
Tulipa agenensis

Redouté

Synonyms[1]

Synonymy

* Tulipa oculus-solis DC.
* Tulipa acuminata Vahl ex Hornem.
* Tulipa raddii Reboul
* Tulipa maleolens Reboul
* Tulipa apula Guss. ex Ten.
* Tulipa foxiana Reboul
* Tulipa lortetii Jord.
* Tulipa boissieri Regel
* Tulipa hexagonata Borbás
* Tulipa martelliana Levier
* Tulipa libanotica Regel
* Tulipa dammanii Regel
* Tulipa aximensis E.P.Perrier & Songeon
* Tulipa sharonensis Dinsm.
* Tulipa veneris A.D.Hall
* plus several more names at the level of variety or subspecies

Tulipa agenensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae.[1] It is native to Turkey, Iran, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and naturalized in the central and western Mediterranean (Italy, Tunisia, France , Portugal, Moldova etc.).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Tulipa agenensis is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers are brick red or deep red with black and yellow markings toward the center with a green stem. The petals are oval, tapered with curled tips and it has green and lanceolate foliage.[8]

## Contents

* 1 Taxonomy
* 2 Culture
* 3 Gallery
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Taxonomy

In Italy, it was commonly known as the 'Red Tulip of Bologne'.[9]

The specific epithet agenensis, refers to the French town of Agen, where a wild colony of the tulips were found.[9]

T. agenensis was originally described and published by Pierre-Joseph Redouté in his painted series 'Les Liliacées' Vol.1 in February 1804.[10][11]

## Culture

A painting by the Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn II, 'Vase of Flowers with a Curtain' in 1615, has several tulips including a hybrid Tulipa hungarica crossed with Tulipa agenensis. While Osias Beert I painting Flowers in a glass vase in a niche (undated but c.1606), also has several tulips including the Red tulip, Tulipa agenensis.[8]

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Tulipano selvatico, Tulipa agenensis DC.
3. ↑ Eker, I., Babaç, M.T. & Koyuncu, M. (2014). Revision of the genus Tulipa L. (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 157: 1-112.
4. ↑ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
5. ↑ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
6. ↑ Dimpoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
7. ↑ Everett, D. (2013). The genus Tulipa Tulips of the world: 1-380. Kew publishing, Kew.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sam Segal and Klara Alen Dutch and Flemish Flower Pieces (2 Vols in case): Paintings, Drawings and Prints up to the Nineteenth Century, Vol.1 (2020), p. 177, at Google Books
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Celia Fisher Tulip (2017), p. 74, at Google Books
10. ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542811-1.
11. ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté, Liliac. [Redouté 1: t. 60, Add. (1804)."]. International Plant Names Index. https://www.ipni.org/n/542811-1.

## External links

* Flowers in Israel, Tulipa agenensis, Tulipa oculis-solis, Tulipa sharonensis, Sharon tulip, Sun's-eye tulip, Hebrew: צבעוני ההרים, Arabic: زنبق, قرن الغزالزنبق, قرن الغزال in English with color photos
* Flowering Jordan, Tulipa agenensis color photos
* Tulipa agenensis - Cyprus - (Cyprus Red Data Book)  YouTube video
* Pacific Bulb Society, Tulipa Species One photos of several species including Tulipa agenensis

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