''Tulipa agenensis'' is a
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ern species of flowering plant in the family
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[ It is native to ]Turkey
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, Iran
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, Cyprus
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, the Aegean Islands, Syria, Lebanon
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, Israel
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, Jordan
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, Tunisia
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, France
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''Tulipa agenensis'' is a bulb-forming perennial. The flowers are brick red or deep red with black and yellow markings toward the center with a green stem. The petals are oval, tapered with curled tips and it has green and lanceolate foliage.][
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Taxonomy
In Italy, it was commonly known as the 'Red Tulip of Bologne'.[
The specific epithet ''agenensis'', refers to the French town of ]Agen
The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux.
Geography
The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department ...
, where a wild colony of the tulips were found.[Celia Fisher ]
''T. agenensis'' was originally described and published by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (, 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured ...
in his painted series 'Les Liliacées' Vol.1 in February 1804.
Culture
A painting by the Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn II
Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) (c. 1565 – 29 March 1629) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career.
Biography
De Gheyn was born ...
, 'Vase of Flowers with a Curtain' in 1615, has several tulips including a hybrid '' Tulipa hungarica'' crossed with ''Tulipa agenensis''. While Osias Beert
Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder (c. 1580 – 1623) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in Northern European art. He ...
I painting ''Flowers in a glass vase in a niche'' (undated but c.1606), also has several tulips including the Red tulip, ''Tulipa agenensis''.[Sam Segal and Klara Alen ]
Gallery
File:PikiWiki Israel 13378 Tulip.JPG
File:PikiWiki Israel 12719 Jerusalem forest.JPG
File:PikiWiki Israel 13380 Tulips in Jerusalem forest.JPG
File:PikiWiki Israel 12718 Jerusalem forest.JPG
References
External links
Flowers in Israel, ''Tulipa agenensis, Tulipa oculis-solis,'' ''Tulipa sharonensis'', Sharon tulip, Sun's-eye tulip, Hebrew: צבעוני ההרים, Arabic: زنبق, قرن الغزالزنبق, قرن الغزال
in English with color photos
color photos
Tulipa agenensis - Cyprus - (Cyprus Red Data Book)
YouTube video
Pacific Bulb Society, Tulipa Species One
photos of several species including ''Tulipa agenensis''
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Ephemeral plants
Plants described in 1804
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