Tulipa korolkowii f. rosea (Vved.) Zonn., 2009

Tojibaev, Komiljon, Dekhkonov, Davron, Ergashov, Ibrokhimjon, Sun, Hang, Deng, Tao & Yusupov, Ziyoviddin, 2022, The synopsis of the genus Tulipa (Liliaceae) in Uzbekistan, Phytotaxa 573 (2), pp. 163-214 : 181

2.4. Tulipa korolkowii f. rosea (Vved.) Zonn. in Pl. Syst. Evol. 281(1–4): 244. (2009).

Type:— TAJIKISTAN. Pamir-alaj : ‘in collibus siccissimis gypsaceis prope petroleas Santo , 16.iv.1923, Popov еt Vvedensky s.n. (holotype TASH000520 !; isotypes BM, H-1200897, K) .

Description:—Bulb ovoid, 2 cm thick, the leathery, hard, dark brown tunic is prolongated to ground level, the top quarter densely lined with long wooly hairs; stem 7–20 cm long, stained brownish, carrying a single erect green bud; leaves 3, closely set at the base of the steam, spreading, channeled, glaucous, crispate; flower solitary, clear pink, opening to a bowl, with a small black, sharply-defined blotch which shows as a shadow on the reverse of the perigone; outer perigone slightly reflexed, 4.4× 3.2 cm, rhombic and slightly undulating, the pink reverse has a glaucous tinge, green at the base; inner perigone widely set, erect, oblong-triangular; filaments flat, commonly black in the lower part and purple in the upper part, sometimes entirely black or purple; anthers yellow, one half to two-thirds as long as filaments; pollen commonly yellow; ovary pale green stained pink on the angles, constricted below the yellow stigma with lobes slightly overlapping the ovary; capsule cylindrical with sloping shoulders ending in a small stigma.

General distribution:—Western Pamir-Alay: Turkestan Range ( Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).

Distribution in Uzbekistan:—I-3 Ferghana-Alay district (I-3a western Alay region).

Phenology:—Flowering: April; fruiting: May.

Ecology:—Outcrops of variegated beds, in foothills and lower mountain zone, 800–1500 m a.s.l.

Etymology:—The pink form of T. korolkowii , described by Vvedenskyi as T. rosea Vved. The Latin word “ rosea ” means “ pink ”.

Note:—The species is extremely rare in Uzbekistan. In all previous publications, incl. Tojibaev & Kadirov (2010), the pink form of T. korolkowii was not given for Uzbekistan. It was believed that it can be found in the spurs of the Turkestan ridge, near the border with Tajikistan.