Abstracts, XIV OPTIMA Meeting, Palermo (Italy) , 9-15

XIV OPTIMA Meeting, Palermo (Italy), 9-15 September 2013
Two important symbol genera for Turkey: Tulipa and Hyacinthus
ÖZHATAY N., KOÇYIĞIT M., DEMIRCI S.
İstanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, İstanbul, Turkey. E-mail:
nozhatay@istanbul.edu.tr
In Turkey, about twenty types of wild tulip and two types of wild hyacinth occur and they are symbols
of the country of horticultural points of view. In this paper the wild Turkish represantative of these
genera will be presented.
The genus Tulipa L. in Turkey:
In the genus Tulipa two main subdivisions are recognized, the Eriostemones Boiss. and the
Leiostemones Boiss. In order to facilitate identification, it is arranged the 18 Turkish species of
which 7 endemic under these two subdivision:
Subdivision I: Eriostemones Boiss.: Perianth segments with hairy claws, the outer narrower and/or
shorter. Filaments unequal, the inner ones longer, all swollen at base.
T. biflora Pallas
T. humilis Herbert
T. koyuncui Eker & Babaç (end.)
T. saxatilis Sieber ex Sprengel
T. sylvestris L. var. sylvestris
var. australis (Link.) Pamp.
T. orphanidea Boiss. ex Heldr.
Subdivision II: Leiostemones Boiss. (Sect. Tulipa): Outer perianth segments longer and wider than
inner ones. Filaments not swollen, hairy base.
T. agenensis DC.
T. aleppensis Boiss.
T. armena Boiss. var. armena
var. lycica (Baker) Marais (end.)
T. cinnabarina K. Persson (end.)
T. clusiana DC.
T. gumusanica Terzioğlu (end.)
T. julia C. Koch
T. praecox Ten.
T. sintenisii Baker (end.)
T. sprengeri Baker (end.)
T. undulatifolia Boiss.
The genus Hyacitnhus L. in Turkey:
H. orientalis L. subsp. orientalis
subsp. chionophilus Wendelbo (end.)
Most of the wild Turkish species are showy and worthy of a place in garden.
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