Tulipa systola

Tulipa systola
Flowering in the Negev, Israel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Genus:	Tulipa
Species:	T. systola
Binomial name
Tulipa systola Stapf [1]
Synonyms [2]
List Tulipa cuspidataStapf Tulipa florenskyiWoronow Tulipa levieriSprenger Tulipa stapfiiTurrill Tulipa straussiiBornm. Tulipa sultanabadensisSprenger

Tulipa systola, the desert tulip, is a species of tulip native to the Middle East; Sinai, the Levant, Anatolia, Iraq and Iran. ^{[2] [3]} A geophyte adapted to arid conditions, it can remain dormant or produce only leaves in bad years based on environmental cues. ^[4]

References

1. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 17 (1885)
2. "Tulipa systola Stapf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
3. "Tulipa systola (15)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
4. Boeken, B. (1991). "Above-Ground Emergence in the Desert Tulip Tulipa systola Otto Stapf (botanist)|Stapf In the Negev Desert of Israel". Functional Ecology. 5 (5): 705–712. doi:10.2307/2389491. JSTOR   2389491.