Tulipa agenensis

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Tulipa agenensis
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Tulip agenensis in Israel
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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-solisDC.
  • Tulipa acuminataVahl ex Hornem.
  • Tulipa raddiiReboul
  • Tulipa maleolensReboul
  • Tulipa apulaGuss. ex Ten.
  • Tulipa foxianaReboul
  • Tulipa lortetiiJord.
  • Tulipa boissieriRegel
  • Tulipa hexagonataBorbás
  • Tulipa martellianaLevier
  • Tulipa libanoticaRegel
  • Tulipa dammaniiRegel
  • Tulipa aximensisE.P.Perrier & Songeon
  • Tulipa sharonensisDinsm.
  • Tulipa venerisA.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, and Jordan, and is naturalized in the central and western Mediterranean (Italy, Tunisia, France, Portugal, Moldova, etc.). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Celia Fisher Tulip (2017) , p. 74, at Google Books
  10. ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Tulipa agenensis Redouté, Liliac. [Redouté] 1: t. 60, Add. (1804)". International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 24 June 2021.


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