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Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, lynn-tree, hickory-poplar, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron (the other member is Liriodendron chinense), and the tallest eastern hardwood.
Liriodendron tulipifera L. Liriodendron ( / ˌlaɪriəˈdɛndrən, ˌlɪr -, - ioʊ -/ [2] [3]) is a genus of two species of characteristically large trees, deciduous over most of their populations, in the magnolia family ( Magnoliaceae ). These trees are widely known by the common name tulip tree or tuliptree for their large flowers ...
Hortus Bulborum is a Dutch foundation that conserves historic cultivars of spring flowering bulb - and tuber crops. The collection garden of the foundation is located at the Zuidkerkenlaan in Limmen, North Holland, Netherlands, near the historic city of Alkmaar . The collection comprises some 2500 different cultivars, of which 2000 are tulips ...
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Tulipa sylvestris. Tulipa subg. Eriostemones. Tulipa sylvestris, the wild tulip [3] or woodland tulip, [4] is a Eurasian and North African species of wild tulip, a plant in the lily family. Its native range extends from Portugal and Morocco to western China, covering most of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, and Central Asia.
Tulips are perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes that bloom in spring and die back after flowering to an underground storage bulb. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 10 and 70 cm (4 and 28 inches) high. [citation needed] Tulip stems have few leaves. Larger species tend to have multiple leaves.
Tulipa dykesiana Vved. Tulipa kolpakowskiana, or Kolpakowsky's tulip, is a species of tulip native to Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang in China. [2] Its petals display a floral iridescence which is perceived by bumblebees. [3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit. [4]