In the desert and mountain landscapes of Uzbekistan 24 different species of tulips are growing. The variety of this species is inferior to the variety of wild tulip species growing on the huge territory of Kazakhstan where their numbers come to 34. Tulips distribution over Uzbekistan is unequal. Desert areas are inhabited by 4 species, sub mountain regions by 6-7 species, in the mountains 13- 15 species and in high mountains regions 4 species. Essential variety of the species is typical for mountain chain of Tien-Shan (Kuramin, Chatkal, Karjantau, Ugam, Pskem, Koksuy chains) and Pamir-Alay (Nurata, Turkestan, Zarafshan, Gissar chains and Kugitang, Baysun and Babatag) where the number of the species is same and equal to 8. Four species inhabit mountain chains of both systems.

Deserts and semi-desert areas of Uzbekistan (500-600 m above sea level) are poor in tulips species. It seems that conditions of Kizilkum desert and Usturt are too harsh for such beautiful plants. However four species of plants are growing here: T. borszczowii Regel, T. lehmanniana Mercklin, T. sogdiana Bunge and T. buhseana Boiss. They create a miraculous and colourful spring landscape.

The second group of desert tulips consists of Eriostemones subgenus representatives and they do not show polymorphic features. They can be distinguished from each other by some ecological features and appearance. T. sogdiana vegetates in sandy and clayly deserts. It differs from T. buhseana by very solid blackish-brown covers of the bulb, porcellaneous-white narrowing to the bases petals and always naked stamina. T. buhseana is usually found in the Kyzyl-Kum Mountains, fine breakstone and stone mountain slopes. It can also be found on skeletonless soil among sagebrushes. Specimens with more then 8 flowers can be met in the nature

Huge varieties of Uzbekistan tulips can be seen among grass and brush vegetations in the submountain regions (700-1200 m above sea level).

Special position belongs to T. greigii Regel which is widespread in sub-mountain regions in Western Tien-Shan (Tashkent viloyat). It is referred as the Tulips King due to the perfection of its flowers form. Its distinguished features are scyphiform flowers and violet spots and hatches on the surface of its leaves. It is substituted by T. micheliana Hoog in the southern viloyates of Uzbekistan and is also distinguished by violet spots

Another specie T. tubergeniana Hoog with bright red petals of the floral envelope and with abundantly webby bulb covers vegetates in the outlets of Kugitan chain’s variegated rocks. Huge sized flowers till 10 sm resemble T. greigii’s flowers.