Plate 9363 - Tulipa cypria

Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 9363 Tulipa cypria Family: LILIACEAE • Publication Date: July 2nd, 1934 Distribution: Chile. Concepcion to Valdivia. • Tab Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD. Botanical Description One of the last tasks of the late Dr. Stapf was to complete the description of the tulip figured in this plate and to give it the name Tulipa cypria. His description is published below with only minor alterations and his notes are incor- porated in the following historical and critical observations. So far as it is known Theodor Kotschy was the first to collect this tulip in 1862 near Panteleimon. It was later collected near Myrtou by the Rev. Alfred Huddle (1st May, 1927) and the late Dr. G. C. Druce (28th April, 1928 and. Synonyms Syn.: T. montana Kotschy in Unger und Kotschy, Die Insel Cypern, 145, 191 (1865); H. S. Thompson in Journ. of Bot. XLIV. 339 (1906); Holmboe, Stud. Veget. Cyprus, 48, 225 (1914), non Lindl. One of the last tasks of the late Dr. Stapf was to complete About This Print Original black and white uncolored botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (established 1787). This 9000s series print is from unissued publisher stock, never hand-colored, representing the authentic plate as it appeared in the magazine. Edited by Sir Arthur William Hill for The Royal Horticultural Society, London.