Tulipa Greigli – Greig's Tulip

Historical Information. The tulipa Greigii was described by

Eduard von Regel as a tulip from the Karatau Mountains, initially

as a variety of the Altai tulip (Tulipa altaica var. karatavica, 1868).

Later in 1873 it was described as a species in its own right and

named in honour of Samuil Alexeyevich Greig (1827-1887) by the

President of the Russian Horticultural Society. This particular tulip

flowers from early April to early June and multiplies in June or

July.

Distribution in Kazakhstan

From the northern deserts (in the environs of Kyzylorda)

through the mountains and valleys of the Tien Shan as far as the

Kurdai Pass (Zhambyl, South Kazakhstan and Kyzylorda

Regions). Gradually bulbs of this tulip spread through various

countries of Europe.

Protection in Kazakhstan

This tulip has been entered in the Red Book of Endangered

Species and is a protected species in the Aksu-Dzhabagly Reserve,

the Botanical Protected Area of "Berkara" (in the Zhambyl Region)

and the specialized Protected Area, "Krasnaya Gorka" [Red

Mountain] (in the Tyulkubas District of the South Kazakhstan

Region