Tulip

    Tulips are among the most popular of all garden flowers. Tulip flowers occur in a wide range of colors except true blue-from purest white through all shades of yellow and red to brown and deepest purple to almost black. Tulip plants range in size from 4 to 24 inches in height. Tulips are grouped according to whether they flower early, mid-season or late. All tulips have a perianth composed of six petals and six sepals. Cultivation of the tulip began in Persia, probably in the 10th century.

Scientific  Classification

Kingdom              : Plantae

Clade                    : Tracheophytes

Clade                    : Angiosperms

Clade                    : Monocots

Order                    : Liliales

Family                  : Liliaceae

Subfamily           : Lilioideae

Tribe                     : Lilieae

Genus                   : Tulipa

Type Species

Tulipa x gesneriana

Subgenera

Clusianae

Orithyia

Tulip

Eriostemones

Diversity

About 75 species

Synonyms

Orithyia

Liriactis

Liriopogon

Podonix

Eduardoregelia