Tulipa zonneveldii

This species is found in the core zone and buffer zone of Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve where threats are limited (De Groot and Tojibaev 2017). The primary threat to this species is livestock overgrazing, although this is only occurring across a small part of the range of this species (Cantarello et al. 2014, Wilson et al. 2019). This threat is leading to declines in habitat quality. Landslides are also a threat to this species with flooding common in the area. Flooding is common but landslides are unpredictable so it is uncertain whether they will impact subpopulations, but if one does occur in an area of a subpopulation all mature individuals could be lost. Nearly all known subpopulations occur in areas where landslides could occur. Climate change may also pose a threat to this species with some projections suggesting that large areas of tulip habitat could be lost in the future (Wilson et al. 2021), but the direct impact on this species is uncertain.