Tulipa talassica Lazkov

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 : 184-185

2.8. Tulipa talassica Lazkov in Turczaninowia 14(3): 11. (2011).

Type:— KYRGYZSTAN. Jugi Kirgisici declivium generale australe, praemontia adversus urbem Talas, declivitates lapidosae, 27 April 2011, G. Lazkov (holotype LE!; isotypes ALTB, FRU, MW!) .

Description:—Bulb ovoid, 1.5–2.5 cm thick; tunic thin coriaceous, dark brown to black-brown, prolonged (sometimes almost to the soil surface), usually more or less hairy inside; stem 5–20 cm long, glabrous, erect in buds; leaves 3, more or less scattered, reflexed, glaucous-green, glabrous, ciliate at edges, undulate, lanceolate, 5–20 cm long; flowers solitary; perigone segments yellow, 2.0–3.5(4) cm long; outer segments oblong-lanceolate, on the outside more or less intensively red-tinged, yellow-margined; inner segments obovate, oblong-obovate or almost rhomboidal; stamens 2.5–3.0 times shorter than perigone, filaments glabrous, yellow; anthers yellow, almost equal with the filaments; stigma sessile or subsessile ( Fig. 6C ).

General distribution:—Tian-Shan ( Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan).

Distribution in Uzbekistan:—I-1 Western Tian-Shan district (I-1-e Chorkesar region).

Phenology:—Flowering: April; fruiting: June.

Ecology:—Stony slopes in foothills and lower mountain zone, 800–1300 m a.s.l.

Etymology:—The name of this tulip is associated with the town Talas ( Kyrgyzstan), from surroundings of which the species has been found for the first time.

Note:—At first sight, T. talassica looks the same as T. intermedia . But in cultivation, growing under the same circumstances they show their real character, which shows that they are not closely related. T. intermedia is clearly a member of the Korolkowii group of tulips. In the wild it grows on acid soils, granite etc. Whereas T. talassica belongs to the Kolpakovskiana group of tulips, but differ from T. kolpakovskiana and close relatives, that it grows on chalk soil, not that it likes chalk, but it found a way to managed it as shown on the powdered stem on the photo that I took on the type place. In cultivation T. talassica has inner tepals of the same size as the outers or slightly smaller, and has no basal spot, the outer tepals have pale reddish outside. T. intermedia has bigger inner tepals as the outers and a clearly visable small basal spot. Both species differ in in their genetical parts also.

Specimens examined:— UZBEKISTAN, Ferghana Valley , Kuraminsky Range , Chadaksay River Valley , Altynkan village Surroundings. 14 April 2012, Naralieva, Gapparov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Ferghana Valley , Kuraminsky Range , lower reaches of the Rizaksay, surroundings of the Rizak, 14 April 2012, Naralieva, Gapparov 2 ( TASH!) ; Ferghana Valley , Kuraminsky Range , lower reaches of the Rizaksay, surroundings of the Rizak, 700–800 m above the Tashkent-Osh road, 14 April 2012, Naralieva, Gapparov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Ferghana Valley , Kuraminsky Range , lower reaches of the Rizaksay, surroundings of the Rizak, 120–150 m above the Tashkent-Osh road, 14 April 2012, Naralieva, Gapparov 9 ( TASH!) ; Ferghana Valley , Kuraminsky Range , lower reaches of the Rizaksay , surroundings of the Rizak, the right side of the Tashkent-Osh road, high foothills, 14 April 2012, Naralieva, Gapparov s.n. ( TASH!) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Species of Tulipa sect. Kolpakowskianae: A. T. scharipovii, B. T. intermedia, C. T. talassica. Scale bars, 1 cm.