Tulipa uniflora Baker
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Tulipa uniflora (L.) Besser ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 295 (1874). Fig. 45 Type. Russia • “ In Siberiae montis Sini Sopka ”, E. Laxmann (LE; isoneotype K-000844631) [neotype designated by Levichev, 1997]. General distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, Russia (Altay, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva), and Mongolia (Baasanmunkh et al. 2022). Distribution in Kazakhstan and habitat. Altai, Tarbagatay, and Zaysan. This species grows in sandy places, gravelly slopes, and as shrubs from desert foothills to the upper belt of mountains. Conservation status. Tulipa uniflora is a near threatened species at the global level (IUCN 2024); it is included in the Red Book of Kazakhstan (Category III). Phenology. Flowering in April – May; fruiting June – July. Notes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1767 as Ornithogalum uniflorum L. from specimens collected from the Altai Mountains. Don (1836) described the new genus Orithyia D. Don. from specimens of Ornithogalum uniflorum. It was not until 1874 that Ch. Bassey assigned this species to Tulipa. Tulipa uniflora is similar to T. heteropetala; their differences are outlined in the description of T. heteropetala above.
Authors: Kubentayev, Serik A., Baasanmunkh, Shukherdorj, Alibekov, Daniyar T., Tojibaev, Komiljon Sh., Nyamgerel, Nudkhuu, Ivashchenko, Anna A., Tsegmed, Zagarjav, Epiktetov, Vladimir G., Sitpayeva, Gulnara T., Izbastina, Klara S., Idrissova, Zhansaya T., Mukhtubayeva, Saule K., Abubakirova, Nurganym B., Gil, Hee-Young, Choi, Hyeok Jae
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949566952
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