5.7. Tulipa dasystemonoides Vved. in Byull. Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 21: 147. (1935).

Type:— KAZAKHSTAN. Altai Talac, 11 June 1909, Minkwitz 1365 (holotype LE!) .

Description:—Bulb ovoid, 1.0–1.5(2.0) cm thick; tunic blackish-brown, sub-coriaceous, the inner surface densely covered with woolly hairs at the apex; stem 7–15 cm long, often red-tinged, the stem and peduncle densely pubescent; leaves 2, more or less approximate, commonly spreading, glabrous, smooth, linear, significantly exceeding the flower; lower leaf broader, 6–12 mm broad; flowers 1(2), opens to a wide creamy-white star with a large yellow blotch (rarely yellow without blotch); perigone segments 15–25 mm long, acuminate; outer segments lanceolate, dingy violet outside, glabrous, two-thirds as broad as the inner; inner segments oblong, gradually tapering into a claw, more or less ciliate at base; filaments yellow, thread-like, dilated and bearded at base, half the length of perigone; anthers linearoblong, yellow, 4–5 mm long, with a very short cusp; ovary pale green, about half the length of the stamens, with a long style and cream-coloured overlapping stigma; capsule pale beige with darker angles, rounded, up to 3.5×2.0 cm, with a short beak.

General distribution:—Tian-Shan, Pamir-Alay (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan).

Distribution in Uzbekistan:—I-1 Western Tian-Shan district (I-1-a Ugam-Pskem region; I-1-b Western Chatkal region; I-1-d Kurama region), I-3 Fergana-Alay district (I-3-b Eastern Alay region), I-5 Kuhistan district (I-1-a North Turkestan region).

Phenology:—Flowering: April–July; fruiting: July–August.

Ecology:—Fine earth, gravelly and stony slopes, in upper mountain zone, 2500–3500 m a.s.l.

Etymology:—Species epithet “ dasystemonoides ” means “similar to T. dasystemon ” (hairy stamen).

Note:— Van Raamsdonk et al. (1997) and Christenhusz et al. (2013) consider the species as synonym to T. dasystemon . According to Zonneveld (2009), these two species have different amount of nuclear DNA, 57.7 pg for T. dasystemoniodes and 51.5 pg for T. dasystemon . Morphologically, these species differ well from each other with bulb tunics (Vvedensky 1935, Hall 1940, Botschantzeva 1962). Tulipa dasystemonoides sometimes has two flowers per stem, while T. dasystemon always has a single flower (Vvedensky 1935, Hall 1940, Botschantzeva 1962). There is a similarity between Т. dasystemon and T. dasystemonoides, but T. dasystemonoides possesses densely wooly tunic and usually creamy-white flower (Everett et al. 2013). They also show differences in bulb characteristics.

Specimens examined:— UZBEKISTAN: Western Tian-Shan district, Ugam-Pskem region, Tashkent district, foothills near Red Waterfall, 5April 1916, Balabaev s.n. (TASH!) ; Ugam Range, Syr-Darya Province, Tashkent district, the pass in the valley of Pskem to the lake Makhbalkul, 22 June 1921, Baranov 302 (TASH!) ; Pskem Range, valley of the river Oygaing, alpine meadow in surroundings of the pass Chatan, 9 March 1928, Kultiasow 1126 (TASH!) ; valley of the river Oygaing, right bank of the river Koksu, stony slope, 3 June 1963, Puchkova 41 (TASH!) ; Western Chatkal region, Chatkal Range, Tashkent district, valley of Chatkal, 1916, Balabaev s.n. (TASH!) ; Kurama region, Chatkal Range, Angren, valley Itelge, southern slopes, 3000 m, 17 April 1931, Mackewicz 5 (TASH!) ; Kurama Range, mountains Kurama, valley of the river Angren, ravine Sovuksay near the village Yangavat, 15August 1928, Gomolitsky, Granitov 386 (TASH!) ; Fergana-Alay district, Eastern Alay region, Alay Range, surroundings of the village Iordan, 20 May 1964, Shonazarov 589 (TASH!) ; Kuhistan district, North Turkestan region, Turkestan Range, upper reaches of Guralash, near a pass on the unfixed scree, 3200 m, 13 June 1937, Korotkova, Vasilkovskaya 318 (TASH!) .