Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania Author Shuka, Lulëzim Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tirana University, Bld. ZOG I, Albania Author Tan, Kit Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2 D, DK- 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark. E-mail: kitt @ bio. ku. dk Univ. Paris-Sud, Lab. Ecologie, Systématique & Evolution, CNRS UMR 8079, AgroParisTech, Bât. 360, 91405 Orsay, France Author Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja text Phytotaxa 2010 2010-10-28 10 17 25 journal article 6300 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2 8f347dae-b3e0-4e22-9289-c75434145a92 1179-3163 4899693 Tulipa albanica Kit Tan & Shuka , sp. nov. ― Figs. 2–4 Tulipa albanica differt ab T. scardica et T. schrenkii foliis inferioribus valde undulatis et canaliculatis, superioribus apice longe attenuato-rostrato, tepalorum macula basali nigra absente. Ab T. scardica praeterea differt filamentis aureis (nec eburneis vel nigrescentibus), capsulis minoribus, seminibus majoribus. Type:— ALBANIA (Northeast Albania: UTM 34 T DM 1 and 34 T DM 3). Kukësi district : 6 km from Kolshi village to Surroj, N- and W-facing open stony serpentine slopes of Ahmet Xhindit, in clearings of Quercus pubescens woodland and Buxus sempervirens scrub, 625 m , 42 ° 02’N , 20 ° 20’E , 7 May 2009 , flowers yellow to golden-yellow, Shuka 250 ( holotype TIR , isotypes C , LD , private herbaria Kit and Shuka ). Paratype :— loc. ibid ., flowers scarlet, 7 May 2009 , Shuka 251 ( TIR , C , private herbaria Kit and Shuka ) . Perennial herb. Bulb ovoid to ovoid-globose, 1.5–2.5 cm in diameter, not stoloniferous; tunics dark reddish-brown, chartaceous, prolonged into short neck; inner surface densely covered with straight, 2.5–3.5 mm long unicellular hairs. Stem erect, 13–40 cm (including subterranean portion), glabrous, glaucous to greyish-green. Leaves 3–5, alternate, glabrous, glaucous to greyish-green, subacute to mucronulate. Lowermost leaves (at ground level) linear-lanceolate to broadly-lanceolate, patent to erecto-patent, 10–25 × 1–3.5 cm , canaliculate, strongly undulate. Upper cauline leaves much smaller, weakly canaliculate, slightly undulate, ciliate at base, narrowing and long-tapering at apex. Flowers solitary (very rarely 2), large, erect, campanulate, existing in two colour forms, yellow to golden-yellow or carmine-scarlet turning deep reddishmaroon. Perianth segments slightly unequal; outer segments elliptical to obovate, 4–7.3 × 2.3–3.6 cm , obtuse- or rounded-apiculate; inner segments elliptic-oblanceolate to obovate-spathulate, 3.5–7 × 2–4.2 cm , obtuse to subacute. Perianth in red-flowered forms with conspicuous yellow zone or blotch extending one-sixth to onethird the length of a segment, visible outside. Filaments golden-yellow, 7–14(–17) × 1.5–2.5 mm , glabrous, dilated at base. Anthers burgundy-red to blackish-maroon, oblong, 7–13 × 2–3.5 mm , c. equalling or shorter than filaments; pollen blackish-maroon. Ovary subsessile, light to yellowish-green, 12–23 mm long; stigmas 3, recurved-decurrent, rose-pink, yellow or pale green. Capsule pale brown, ellipsoid, 3–3.5 × 1.5–2 cm , apiculate, shortly stipitate, with distinct transverse veins throughout. Seeds flat, triangular-deltoid, 5.5–6.5 × 4.5–6 mm , greenish-brown, turning dark reddish-brown at maturity. Flowering late April to mid-May; capsules dehiscing by early July.