Tulipa buhseana Boiss., 1859

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 : 201

5.3. Tulipa buhseana Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. Ser. 2, 4: 98 (1859).

Type:— IRAN. Prope Yezd Persiae, Buhse s.n. (holotype G) .

Description:—Bulb ovoid, 1.0– 1.5 cm thick; tunic brown, coriaceous, inside at the apex with thin woolly hairs; stem 15–35 cm long, glabrous or rarely in upper part pubescent; leaves 2, very scattered, deflexed or very rarely spreading, glabrous, more or less ciliate, linear; basal leaf broader than the others, 3–6– 10 mm broad, usually do not reaching the flowers; flowers (l–)2–3(–6), widely campanulate, opening to a wide star; perigone segments white, yellow at base, (l3–)15–20– 30 mm long, acute; outer segments lanceolate, dingy violet outside, more or less bearded at the base, about half as broad as the inner segments; inner segments oblong, rather gradually tapering into the claw, bearded and ciliate at base; stamens half the length of perigone, inner stamens slightly longer than outer ones; filaments yellow, thin, densely bearded at base, commonly hairy above; anthers linear-oblong, 4–6 mm long, yellow or at apex slightly violet, short-pointed; pollen yellow; ovary slightly shorter than stamens, short styled; capsule oblong or rarely subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diameter, (l–)1.5–2.0 cm long, short-beaked ( Fig. 12B ).

General distribution:— Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Distribution in Uzbekistan:—I-4 Nuratau district (I-4-a Nuratau region; I-4-b Aktau region; I-4-c Nuratau Relict mountains), II-2 Middle-Syrdarya district (II-2-b Mirzachul region), II-3 Kyzylkum district (II-3-a Kyzylkum region; II-3-b Kyzylkum relict mountains), II-6 South Aral district (II-6-b Amudarya delta region), II-8 Ustyurt district (II-8-a North Ustyurt region).

Phenology:—Flowering: March–April; fruiting: May.

Ecology:—Sandy, clayey and stony deserts, relict mountains, sabulous grey soils in piedmonts, up to 500 m a.s.l.

Etymology:—The species is named in honor of F.A. Buhse (1821–1898), famous Baltic-German botanist.

Specimens examined:— UZBEKISTAN: Nuratau district , Nuratau region , Nuratau Range, piedmont plains, 1 March 2006, Maltzev s.n. 9 ( TASH!) ; Dzhizak Province , piedmont plain 10 km to the N of the village Osmansay, skeleton light gray soils, 361 m, 31 March 2012, Beshko s.n. ( TASH!) ; piedmont plain of Nuratau , along the road from the town Nurata to Baymurad, sagebrush communities, 5 April 2012, Tojibaev s.n. ( TASH!) ; Aktau region , Aktau Range , Navoi Province , Nuratau district, piedmont plain 5–6 km to the east of the town Nurata, 450 m, 19 March 2013, Tojibaev, Shomurodov, Beshko, Batashov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Kartau Range , western edge of Karatau Ridge , piedmont plain, 380 m, Tojibaev , Shomurodov , Beshko, Batashov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Kokchatau Relic Mountains , southern piedmonts of Kokchatau relic mountain, 360 m, 22 April 2013, Tojibaev, Shomurodov, Beshko, Batashov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Nuratau relic mountains, Pistalitau Range , Samarkand Province , Dzhizak district , mountains Kalmante, northern argillaceous slopes, 12 April 1915, Spiridonov 85 ( LE) ; Dzhizak Province , piedmont plain between ridges Koytash and Pistalitau, 31 March 2012, Beshko 300 ( TASH!) ; southern piedmont plain of Pistalitau , 18 March 2013, Tojibaev , Shomurodov , Beshko, Batashov s.n. ( TASH!) ; Dzhizak Province , Farish district , Nuratau Relic Mountains , Uchkulach, 17 April 2012, Batashov 00144 ( TASH!) ; Dzhizak Province , Farish district , Nuratau Relic Mountains , Pistalitau, 20 April 2012, Batashov 00143 ( TASH!) ; Middle-Syrdarya district , Mirzachul region , Samarkand Province , Dzhizak and Khodzhent districts (Hungry Steppe), station Syrdaryinskaya, loam, 15 March 1915, Spiridonov s.n. ( LE) ; Samarkand Province , Dzhizak and Khodzhent districts (Hungry Steppe), tugay in the north-eastern part of the steppe, the well Shorkuduk – Akcheganak, saline loam, 16 March 1915, Spiridonov s.n. ( LE) ; Samarkand Province , Dzhizak district , sands Kyzylkum , gull Arnasay, saline lands, 18 March 1915, Spiridonov s.n. ( LE) ; Samarkand Province , Dzhizak and Khodzhent districts (Hungry Steppe), region of the lake Tuzkan , south-eastern part, the hill Kensay, saline lands, 1 April 1915, Spiridonov s.n. ( LE) ; Kyzylkum district , Kyzylkum region , south-eastern Kyzylkum, on remnants and sand deposits, 9–10 km WSW of Ayakagytma, 24 April 1936, Tarasewicz 39 ( TASH!) ; Kenimekh district , Ayakagytma , bedrock outcrops in the depression Bashagytma, southern gravelly slopes, 30 March 1938, Pugasova 34, 44 ( TASH!) ; Kenimekhchul , Ayakagytma, 21April 1938, Pugasova 418 ( TASH!) ; southern Kyzylkum , 8 km N of the well Ayakagytma , 1April 1957, Momotov, Li 31 ( TASH!) ; Kyzylkum Relic Mountains , the ridge Sultanuizdag, gravelly-sandy foothills, 2 April 1913, Popov 62 ( LE) ; Karakalpak Kyzylkum , mountains Aktau, soft deposits, 19 May 1932, Russanov 88, 104 ( LE) ; Aktau , near the well Yaman-kyr, 18 March 1934, Muravlansky 77, 509 ( TASH!) ; 8 km south of the Dzhetymtau , 25 March 1934, Muravlansky 20 ( TASH!) ; Karakalpak Kyzylkum , Aktau , Dzhingildy, 20 April 1934, Muravlansky 291 ( TASH!) ; Dzhingildy aulie, wet places, 22 April 1934, Muravlansky 290 ( TASH!) ; Karakalpak Kyzylkum , Aktau, 22 April 1934, Muravlansky 291 ( TASH!) ; south-eastern Kyzylkum , between the spring Dzhangeldy and the well Shaydaras , mountains Kuldjuktau, porphyry, southern slope, in cracks of rocks, 1937, Botschantzev 539 ( TASH!) ; south-eastern Kyzylkum , mountains Aktau , surroundings of the well Besapan, gravelly slopes, 22 April 1937, Botschantzev 53 ( TASH!) ; south-eastern Kyzylkum , mountains Aktau , surroundings of the well Tyumenbay, in cracks of rocks, 24 April 1937, Botschantzev 87 ( TASH!) ; south-eastern Kyzylkum , surroundings of the well Tort-kuduk, outcrops of variegated beds to the west of the well, limestones, 29April 1937, Botschantzev 170 ( TASH!) ; mountains Kyngyrtau , surroundimgs of the well Kyngyr, gravelly slopes, outcrops of limestones, 10 May 1937, Botschantzev 302 ( TASH!) ; south-eastern Kyzylkum , surroundings of the well Ayak-Guzhumdy , mountains Aktasty, marble, clayey-stony slopes, 13 May 1937, Botschantzev 426 ( TASH!) ; Bukantau , Mt. Irlir, 25 March 1952, Novikova s.n. ( TASH!) ; Bukhara Province , sovkhoz Dzhangeldy , 2 km NE of the well Ayak-Guzhumdy , mountains Kuldjuktau, 9 May 1956, Momotov 745, 778 ( TASH!) ; eastern Kyzylkum , Tashkuduk, argillaceous desert, 9 April 1959, Pangatzev s.n. ( TASH!) ; south-western Kyzylkum , UzbekSSR, Bukhara Province, mountains Kuldjuktau, southern slope, on screes, 560 m, 26 April 1976; Ikonnikov 51 ( LE) ; central Kyzylkum , mountains Tamdytau , between village Besapan and town Zeravshan , 23 May 1977, Kamelin, Mikhailova, Mishenkova, Safronova, Soloviev 429 ( LE) ; central Kyzylkum , Tamdy Aktau , north slope, 24 April 1977, Kamelin , Mikhailova , Mishenkova , Safronova, Soloviev 477 ( LE) ; central Kyzylkum , Bukantau , western spurs of mountains Irlir , 27 April 1977, Kamelin, Mikhailova, Mishenkova , Safronova, Soloviev 690 ( LE) ; central Kyzylkum , Bukantau , sands between mountains Irlir and Bekali, 27 April 1977, Kamelin , Mikhailova , Mishenkova , Safronova, Soloviev 722 ( LE) ; Kuldjuktau , surroundings of Ayakagytma, March 2005, Tojibaev s. n, ( TASH!) ; southern slope of Kuldjuktau , surroundings of the Botanical Station, 476 m, 20 April 2013, Tojibaev, Shomurodov, Beshko, Batashov s.n. ( TASH!) ; South Aral district , Amudarya delta region ( Karakalpak ASSR, Kegeyli district , sovkhoz Berdakh, north side, in sands, 19 April 1968, Sherbaev 1003 ( LE) ; Ustyurt district , North Ustyurt region , eastern cliff of Ustyurt , 5 km north of the descent Kassarma, west side of the nameless spring, 4 th terrace, 23 May 1970, Sarybaev 5 ( TASH!) ; eastern cliff of Karakalpak Ustyurt , Aktumshuk, 29 April 2013, Tajetdinova s.n. ( TASH!) ; eastern cliff of Karakalpak Ustyurt , near the Aral Sea, 30 April 2013, Tajetdinova s.n. ( TASH!) ; northern part of the Karakalpak Ustyurt , Almambet, 2013, Shomurodov s.n. ( TASH!) ; eastern cliff of Karakalpak Ustyurt , near the Aral Sea, stony-gravelly soil, 13 April 2016, Tajetdinova s.n. ( TASH!) .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Species of Tulipa sect. Biflores: A. T. sogdiana, B. T. buhseana, C. T. turkestanica. Scale bars, 1 cm.