TULIPA GOULIMYI
Family and Genus:- See- LILIACEAE/Sect. ERIOSTEMONES
Common Names:- None
Homotypic Synonyms:- None
Meaning:- Tulipa. Derived from the Persian word thoulyban, for a turban.
Goulimyi (L) For Constantine Goulimis (goulimy) (1883-1863) a lawyer
and successful amateur botanist. He discovered several species of Greek plants.
General description:- Bulbous perennial.
Bulb:-
1) Up to 65 x 40 mm; bulb tunics densely woolly inside with long, brown, undulate
hairs.
Leaves:-
1) (3-)5-7(-8), 15-25 mm x 10-26 cm, the margin somewhat undulate, linear-
lanceolate to linear, canaliculate, glabrous.
Flowers:-
1) 1(-3);
2) Perianth segments, bright orange to brownish-red, with a darker, oblong basal
blotch inside, flowers growing under shade often yellow to yellowish-orange.
a) outer, 42-50 x 12-14 mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, subobtuse usually tinged with
green outside,
b) inner, 45-52 x 18-22 mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse or shortly apiculate.
3) Stamens:
a) filaments 10-12 mm.
b) anthers, 7·5-9 mm.
4) Ovary, glabrous or rarely pubescent.
Fruit:-
1) Capsule, ellipsoid.
2) Seeds flat, pale brown..
Key features:-
1) Filaments, with a hairy boss near the base.
2) Perianth, abruptly narrowed near the base.
3) Perianth-segments, more than 40 mm, dark reddish orange or orange-brown
4) Tunic, densely felted inside with undulate hairs.
5) Leaves, 5-7.
Habitat:- In terra rossa with dry open shrubby vegetation of Cistus creticus,
Genista acanthoclada, Lavandula stoechas, etc, usually over limestone. 0-600(-
900) m.
Distribution:- Endemic. It is confined to SE Peloponnisos, Kithira, Elafonisos and
NW Crete.
Flowering time:- Late Mar to early May.
Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis
Status:-
Conservation status (for threatened species): Vulnerable (V) according to the Red
Data Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece (1995).
Protection status (for threatened species): Greek Presidential Decree 67/1981,
Bern Convention.
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