{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Cyprus tulip (Tulipa cypria) - 2022 - 2.jpg |image_caption = |status = EN |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="IUCN"/> |genus = Tulipa |parent = Tulipa subg. Tulipa |species = cypria |authority = [[Otto Stapf (botanist)|Stapf]] ex [[William Bertram Turrill|Turrill]] }}
'''''Tulipa cypria''''', the '''Cyprus tulip''', is a [[tulip]], an erect [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[bulb]]ous herb, 15–40 cm high (in blossom), with [[glabrousness (botany)|glabrous]], [[glaucous]] leaves. It has four leaves which are alternate, simple, entire and fleshy. The two lower leaves are larger, lanceolate, 10-20 x 2–6 cm, with conspicuously undulate margins while the two higher leaves are much smaller, nearly linear. One terminal showy flower, [[perianth]] cup shaped, of six free, petaloid segments, 2.5-9 x 1-3.5 cm, with dark blood-red colour, internally with a black blotch bordered by a yellow zone. It flowers March–April. The fruit is a capsule.<ref>The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, [[Nicosia]] 1998, {{ISBN|9963-42-067-2}}</ref>
==Habitat== The Cypriot tulip grows in ''[[juniperus phoenicea]]'' [[maquis shrubland|maquis]] pastures and cereal fields, on [[limestone]] at altitudes of {{convert|100–300|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="IUCN"/>
==Distribution== The plant is [[endemic]] to [[Cyprus]], on [[Akamas]], [[Kormakitis]] and some areas of the [[Pentadaktylos]] range. It is very rare and strictly protected.<ref name="IUCN">{{cite journal|last1=Bilz|first1=M.|title=Tulipa cypria|date=2011|publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T161927A5514790.en|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.arkive.org/cyprus-tulip/tulipa-cypria/image-G134689.html|title=Cyprus tulip photo - Tulipa cypria - G134689 | ARKive|publisher=arkive.org|access-date=2014-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904120950/http://www.arkive.org/cyprus-tulip/tulipa-cypria/image-G134689.html|archive-date=2014-09-04|url-status=dead}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/losing_paradise/TulipaCypria.html|title=Endangered Plants - Tulipa cypria|publisher=mnh.si.edu|accessdate=2014-09-04}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.kykpee.org/istoselides/istoselides_agglika/eidos_tou_mina_to_eidos_tou_marti_en.html|title=Tulipa Cypria|publisher=kykpee.org|accessdate=2014-09-04}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/TulipaSpeciesOne|title=Pacific Bulb Society | Tulipa Species One|publisher=pacificbulbsociety.org|accessdate=2014-09-04}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.pbase.com/omeryagiz/tulipa_cypria|title=KARPAZ MEDOS LALESI (TULIPA CYPRIA) FESTIVAL, KARPAZ PENINSULA - NORTH CYPRUS Photo Gallery by Omer Yagiz at pbase.com|publisher=pbase.com|accessdate=2014-09-04}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ek9J88R7ss|title=Tulipa cypria - Cyprus Endemic (Cyprus Red Data Book) - YouTube|date=16 March 2014 |publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2014-09-04}}
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[[Category:Tulipa|cypria]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Cyprus]] [[Category:Ephemeral plants]] [[Category:Plants described in 1934]]