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

TABLE 1. Morphological differences between Tulipa albanica, T. scardica and T. schrenkii.

Characters	T. albanica	T. scardica	T. schrenkii
Leaf number	3–5	3–5(–7)	3(–4)
Leaf form	canaliculate, strongly undulate	flat, weakly undulate	flat, not or weakly undulate
Lowermost leaves	10–25 × 1–3.5 cm	10–30(–40) × 1.5–4 cm	8–12 × 1.5–4 cm
Upper leaves	3–11 × 0.5–1 cm	4–12 × 0.5–1 cm	4–6 × 0.8–1.5 cm
Colour of perianth segments	yellow or scarlet to dark reddish-maroon	variable except yellow	variable
Base of perianth segments	yellow, without black blotch	yellow or cream with or without black blotch	yellow, usually with black blotch
Length of outer perianth segments	4–7.3 cm	2.4–5.5 cm	2.3–7 cm
Inner perianth segments	3.5–7 × 2–4.2 cm	3–5 × 1.5–2.5 cm	2.3–6 × 1–2.1 cm
Filament colour and length	golden-yellow, 7–14(–17) mm	white or blackish, 6–9(–11) mm	yellow or blackish, 6–12.5 mm
Anther colour and length	blackish-maroon, 7–13 mm	yellowish or dull violet- purple, 6–13 mm	yellow or dark purple, 5–13 mm
Ovary length	12–23 mm	12–22 mm	10–22 mm
Capsule size	30–35 × 15–20 mm	c. 42 × 32 mm	20–40 × 22–30 mm
Seed size	5.5–6.5 × 4.5–6 mm	c. 5 × 4 mm	–