Tulipa hissarica

The only current threat to this species is livestock overgrazing, which is occurring both across its Uzbek and Tajik range. The grazing of livestock in habitat areas of this species is leading to the declines in habitat quality as well as declines in mature individuals. However this threat is believed to only being occurring in a small number of subpopulations and the majority of the range of this species is not threatened by the impact of livestock. Regardless the subpopulation recorded in Uzbekistan is under threat so this part of the range is in critical need of conservation action. Climate change may also impact this species as projections suggest large losses of suitable tulip habitat across Central Asia for some tulip species (Wilson et al. 2021), however the direct impact on this species is uncertain.

This species is recognised as Vulnerable in Tajikistan (Nowak et al. 2020) and is reported as Data Deficient in Uzbekistan (Tojibaev and Beshko 2015) where it was recently discovered and occurs in a very restricted range. This species occurs in the Hissar National Reserve in Uzbekistan as well as the Shirkent National Park in Tajikistan. This plant is recorded in six ex situ collections (BGCI 2022). There is a need to monitor population trends especially in areas where livestock overgrazing is believed to be causing the most damage, including the Uzbek part of this species range.