Liliaceae

T. armena Boiss,, Diagn. ser. 2(4):99 (1859). Syn: T. gesneriana sensu Hall, Genus Tulipa 95 (1940) p.p. quoad speciminibus ex Asia Minori non L. (1753). Ic: Hall, Genus Tulipa t. XX (1940).
Tunics papery or old ones coriaceous, thinly to densely hairy. Leaves 3-4, glaucous, glabrous or ciliate, mostly undulate and recurved, 6-20 x 1.5-3.5 cm. Flowers crimson to scarlet, paler red, pinkish or yellow outside, with short black blotch, rimmed with yellow or not, or flowers yellow with or without black blotch, or flowers part yellow, part red. Outer perianth segments 23-58 x 9-27 mm, crrate-elliptic, ovate to obovate; inner 20-45 x 7-20 mm,,obovate-spathulate to obovate. Filaments black, 6-12.5 mm; anthers yellow or dark, 4-13 mm. Ovary glaucous, hardly narrowed below stigma. Capsule 25-45 nun, ovoid to ellipsoid, apiculate, shortly stipitate. Fl. 4-6. Rocky slopes and screes, mainly 1000-2750 m.
1. Tunics densely hairy with longish twisted or rippled soft hairs var. lycica
2. Tunics with shorter, more bristly hairs around basal plate and in neck, sparse to der.se in between var. armena
var. lycka (Baker) Marais is Kew Bull. 35:258 (1980). Syn: T. oculis-solis St. Amans var. lycica Baker m J. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 34:278 (1874)! T. foliosa Stapf in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. K1. 50(1): 8 (1885)! T. cıliatula Baker in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 7:640 (1890)! T. concinna Baker in Card. Chroa. ser. 3, 13:538 (1893)! T. hererochroa Freyn in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4:184(1896)! Map 48.
Type: [Turkey C2 Antalya] Lycia prope Arsam, Forbes [624] (holo. Kî). \
Mainly S. Anatolia; scattered in Inner Anatolia. A5 Amasya: Karaman, Maniss. 173b (type of T. heterochrony. B2 Uşak: Murat Da. above Gürlete, 1650 m, A; Baytop ISTE 39425)! B3 Konya: Sultan Da., Kizil Tepe, 11 km S.W. oT Akşehir, 2000 m, Watson et al. 2589! B5 Kayseri: Bakir Da. S.E. of Kayseri, 1600 m, Mathew & Tomlinson 4113(!). B6 Kayseri: Binboğa Da., S.W. slopes of Sariz, 2300 m, Rix et al. 679? B8 Muş: Haçreş Da., Kurtik Da., 2200 m, Watson et al. 2822! B8/9 Bitlis: Al tin Kabur, T. Baytop (ISTE 2420i)! B9 Bitlis: Tatvan to Van, Pelli Da,, 2000 m, Rix & Pes/nen 1875! C1/2 Muğla: Marmaris to Datça, Horton 1093! C2 Antalya: Elmali to Çiğli-kara, 1650 m, Meyer et al. (EGE 6922)! C3 Isparta: Dedegöl Da., 1600 m, Sorger 66-46-64! Antalya: Kemer, Tahtali Da., 1000 m, Peşmen & Güner 4666! C4 Konya: Yelibel Da.s E. of Ermenek, 2300-2350 m, Hub .-Mor. 11674! C5 Içel: d. Mersin, Arslanköy, Meriçli & Bilmanoglu (ISTE 31588)! C6 Hatay: Belen, Karliktepe above Soğuk Oluk, 1200 m, D.. 27060! CIO Hakkari: Mor Da., 2600 m, Watson et aL 3001! Endemic? Mostly at altitudes of 100-2300 m, but the collections from the Marmaris Peninsula are from much lower altitudes,