Tulpie

Tulip
Cultivated tulip – Floriade 2005, Canberra
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Diveesion:	Angiosperms
Order:	Liliales
Faimily:	Liliaceae
Subfaimily:	Lilioideae
Genus:	Tulipa

A tulpie is a bulbous plaunt in the genus Tulipa.

• It comes frae soothern Europe, North Africa, Asia an Iran, the northeist o China an aw;
• It is o the same family than the lily;
• It is weel kent that the Netherlands are a kintra frae whaur maist o thaim com.

• The Scientific name o the tulpie is tulipa (Latin name), whilka coms frae the Turkish leid: tülbend, meanin Turban;
• The Scots name an spellin coms mebbe frae a pronounciation whilka is near o the oreeginal ane, sae: tulp...ie. Or is mebbe a deformation o the Inglis wird: tulip. It is noticit in mony beuks, as in som translation, an the spellin is follaein the pronounciation.