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1.Common name | |
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Blunt, Wilfrid. Tulipomania | The common name, Tulip, derives from the persian word dulband, meaning gauze. |
2.Scientific name | |
"Tulips". The Plant Expert. 2008-10-15 | The latin name for Tulips is Tulipa gesneriana |
3. Description of Plant(Flower) | |
Tenenbaum, Frances, ed. (2003). Taylor's Encyclopedia of Garden Plants | Tulips grow from bulbs and come in a variety of colors. they bloom in spring and summer and go back in winter and autumn. |
4. Habit and Native Range | |
Blunt, Wilfrid. Tulipomania. p. 7 | Originally they grew in the ottoman empire, but then the ottoman sultan exported them to the netherlands, where they caused a huge craze |
5. Ethno Botany | |
"Tulipa spp". Floridata | Tulips usually grow in mountainous areas or in valleys between mountains, since the climate is suitable. |
6. Sustainability issues | |
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused." Mike Dash (2001) | Tulips don't really have sustainability issues now, but in The netherlands in the 1800's, they caused an economic catastrophe. |