Tulipa intermedia var. korolkowioides Tojibaev & J.de Groot, 2014

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

2.7.2. Tulipa intermedia var. korolkowioides Tojibaev & J.de Groot in Nordic J. Bot. 32(5): 549. (2014).

Type:— UZBEKISTAN. Ferghana Depression: Kurama Mt Range , Pap-Chust foothills, vicinities of Muruldi and Kandisai villages, Artemisia steppe, 30 March 2013, K. Tojibaev 161 ( TASH000512 !) .

Description:—Flowers are reddish-orange or light red, with black or dark brown blotch. Filaments bicoloured: pale brownish in the basal part and red or reddish in the upper part ( Fig. 3 ). The colour of the filaments is mostly the same as the basal blotch. The flowers of this variety are similar to flowers of T. korolkowii , but smaller and reddish-orange or light red (the flowers of T. korolkowii are darker, bright red or crimson).

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FIGURE 3. Species of Tulipa sect. Lanatae: A. T. ingens, B. T. carinata, C. T. fosteriana. Scale bars, 1 cm.