Tulipa bifloriformis

Livestock overgrazing is the primary threat to this species in Tajikistan and is likely also occurring in some areas of tulip habitat across the other countries in this species' range (Borchardt and Dorre 2012, Nowak et al. 2020). In Uzbekistan opportunistic collection of flowers is known but occurs rarely, whilst some subpopulations are impacted by construction of infrastructure to support tourism, especially near Tashkent city (Tojibaev and Beshko 2015).

In Kyrgyzstan the primary threat in the mountains is mining, although mining may also be a threat in some other parts of the range outside of Kyrgyzstan it is here causing the most acute problems. Overall these threats occur at the lower elevations that this species can occur at with many higher altitude subpopulations not impacted by any threats. 
Climate change may also pose a threat as large areas of currently suitable tulip habitat is predicted to become unsuitable in the near future due to the impacts of climate change (Wilson et al. 2021) and the effects of climate change are widely accepted to be more acute in alpine areas leading to distribution shifts and population declines (Rangwala and Miller 2012). This species is predicted to lose habitat but more suitable habitat may become available in protected areas as climate change proceeds. In Kazakhstan there are no threats reported for this species, although climate change could impact subpopulations here.