Thursday, 11 June 2015

Tulip

Tulip                                                                                         For other uses, see Tulip (disambiguation).

Tulip
Tulip - floriade canberra.jpg
Cultivated tulip – Floriade 2005,Canberra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Angiosperms
Order:Liliales
Family:Liliaceae
Subfamily:Lilioideae
Genus:Tulipa
L.
Type species
Tulipa gesneriana L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Orithyia D.Don
  • Liriactis Raf.
  • Liriopogon Raf.
  • Podonix Raf.
  • Eduardoregelia Popov
The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennialbulbous plants in the lily family.[1] It is an herbaceous herb with showyflowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted.[2]
The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the BalkansTurkey, throughout theLevant (SyriaIsraelPalestinian TerritoriesLebanonJordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China.[1][2] The tulip's centre of diversity is in the PamirHindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains.[3] It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation.

A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens or as potted plants.   For other uses, see Tulip (disambiguation).


The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennialbulbous plants in the lily family.[1] It is an herbaceous herb with showyflowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted.[2]
The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the BalkansTurkey, throughout theLevant (SyriaIsraelPalestinian TerritoriesLebanonJordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China.[1][2] The tulip's centre of diversity is in the PamirHindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains.[3] It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation.
A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens or as potted plants.

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