orange wild tulip
Tulipa orphanidea Boiss. ex Heldr.
Tulipa orphanidea is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae family, known as the orange wild tulip. It was first described in 1862 by Pierre Edmond Boissier and Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich. The species is native to several regions in the eastern Mediterranean, including Bulgaria, the East Aegean Islands, Greece, Crete, Turkey-in-Europe, and Turkey.
Description
Tulipa orphanidea belongs to the genus Tulipa and is part of the Liliaceae family. This plant is commonly referred to as the orange wild tulip. Its natural range includes areas in the eastern Mediterranean such as Bulgaria, the East Aegean Islands, Greece, Crete, Turkey-in-Europe, and Turkey. The species was first formally described in 1862 by Pierre Edmond Boissier, with the description later attributed to Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich.
Other common names
orange wild tulip
Distribution
Bulgaria · East Aegean Is. · Greece · Kriti · Turkey-in-Europe · Turkey
Synonyms
Tulipa goulimyiTulipa hageriTulipa hellesponticaTulipa hayatiiTulipa minervaeTulipa atheniensisTulipa crocataTulipa doerfleriTulipa bithynicaTulipa turcicaTulipa theophrastiTulipa thracicaTulipa whittalliiTulipa orphanidea var. whittalliiTulipa sylvestris var. orphanideaTulipa orphanidea subsp. orphanideaTulipa orphanidea subsp. doerfleriTulipa orphanidea subsp. whittaliiTulipa hageri var. doerfleriTulipa hageri var. nitensTulipa cruciataTulipa bithynicaTulipa hageri f. nitens
