Broad-stamened Tulip
Status: VU. A narrow endemic of the Alai Ridge.
Description. Perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, geophyte, xeromesophyte. The bulb is oval, up to 2 cm in diameter, with leathery reddish-brown tunics on the inside, pressed hairy at the top and base. The stem is 17 cm tall, including the peduncle, and is bare. There are 4 leaves, arranged, bare, with the lower ones bent; the lowest leaf is linear-lanceolate, 2 cm wide. There are 2 flowers; the tepals are yellow, 4 cm long, blunt, with the outer ones having a purple tint on the outside, elongated rhombic, and the inner ones being oblong. The stamens are 2.5 times shorter than the tepals; the filaments are bare, widened above the middle, gradually narrowing at both ends, with yellow anthers slightly longer than the filaments. The pistil is almost twice as short as the stamens, with a sessile stigma.
Biological features. Flowers in June; no data on fruiting.
General distribution and in the country. Alai Ridge (Sary-Biya Pass).
Habitat. No data.
Population. No data.
Limiting factors. Human economic activities: spring grazing of livestock, collection of flowers, digging up bulbs.
Cultivation. No data.
Existing conservation measures. Not developed.
Recommended conservation measures. Establishment of botanical reserves in areas with the highest concentration of the species, monitoring the condition of populations. Prohibit the collection of flowers, digging up bulbs, and grazing livestock.
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Broad-stamened Tulip
Tulipa platystemon Vved.
Status: VU. It is a critically endangered species, narrowly distributed endemic of the Alai Mountains (Sary-Biya Pass). The period of vegetation is short, flowers are yellow, flowering period in June; data about habitats, population, and cultivation are absent. Limiting factors: economic development of lands (pasturage in spring), massive collection of flowers and bulbs. Necessary for the species conservation: the creation of special botanical wildlife areas in sites with concentrated populations, organizing monitoring, prohibiting flower and bulb collection, and prohibiting pasturage.