Tulipa vvedenskyi

Tulipa vvedenskyi is a species in the genus Tulipa, in the lily family. It is found in Tajikistan and perhaps Uzbekistan. Some authorities have it as a synonym of Tulipa alberti.[2] Its cultivar 'Tangerine Beauty' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Tulipa vvedenskyi
In cultivation in Poland
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. vvedenskyi
Binomial name
Tulipa vvedenskyi

Etymology

Tulipa vvedenskyi was first published by Dr. Zinaida Petronava Botschantzeva (a botanist from Kazakhstan) in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Zool. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. Issue 14, Edition 3 in 1954.[4][5][6]

Then in 1971, Iris zenaidae was first found by Alexei Vvedenski and he named the iris (Juno zenaidae) after Dr. Zinaida.[7]

References
  1. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 14:3. 1954
  2. "Taxon: Tulipa vvedenskyi Botschantz". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Tulipa vvedenskyi 'Tangerine Beauty'". Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. Z. BotschantzevaTulips: Taxonomy, Morphology, Cytology, Phytogeography, p. v, at Google Books
  5. "Tulipa vvedenskyi Botschantz". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  6. "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. "Juno zenaidae Vved". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 7 October 2014.


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