Episode Details

Albanian Tulip :: Tulipa albanica

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 044

On today’s show we learn about the Albanian Tulip, a critically endangered flowering plant, native to southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula in Albania.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (18:40) Citations
• (19:56) Music
• (31:19) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund – https://www.cepf.net/grants/grantee-projects/conservation-and-propagation-albanian-tulip-albania 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13142545/18614500 
• Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants v. 24, 1117–1126 (2018). Osmani, M., Tuna, M. & Elezaj, I.R.  “Concentration of some metals in soil and plant organs and their biochemical profiles in Tulipa luanica, T. kosovarica and T. albanica native plant species”. – https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298 
• Phytologia Balcanica v. 26, no. 3 (2020): 517-522. Shuka, Donald, Kit Tan, Besnik Hallaçi, and Lulëzim Shuka. "Additions to the flora of North Albania." – http://www.bio.bas.bg/~phytolbalcan/PDF/26_3/contents.html 
• Phyton; annales rei botanicae. Vol 54. 27–46. (2014). Frajman, Božo & Pachschwöll, Clemens & Schönswetter, Peter. “Contributions to the Knowledge of the Flora of the Dinarides (Balkan Peninsula)” – http://doi.org/10.12905/0380.phyton54(1)2014-0027 
• Phytotaxa. Vol 10: no.28 Oct. 2010. Shuka, Lulëzim & Tan, Kit & Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja. “Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania”. – https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2 
• Thaiszia, Journal of Botany. Vol. 28 (1): 035-047. (2018). Millaku F., Elezaj I. & Berisha N. “Sympatric area and ecology of some Tulipa species in the West Balkan Peninsula” – https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/botanicka-zahrada/odborne-aktivity/thaiszia-2/volume-28-2018-abstracts/
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipa_albanica

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