Cyclamen alpinum

Cyclamen alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Subgenus:	C. subg. Gyrophoebe
Species:	C. alpinum
Binomial name
	Cyclamen alpinum; Dammann ex. Springer
Synonyms
	Cyclamen trochopteranthum O.Schwarz;

Cyclamen alpinum (= Cyclamen trochopteranthum) is a perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to an area of southwestern Turkey, northwest of Antalya. It is isolated from other species of the Cyclamen coum group.

Name

The alternate species name trochopteranthum comes from Greek trochós "wheel" and pterón "feather", "wing", probably meaning "propeller" and ánthos "flower".^[1]

The scientific name Cyclamen alpinum has been applied to three other species as well: Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen cilicium, and Cyclamen intaminatum (as a variety of C. cilicium).

Description

Leaves are oval to round, green and often variegated with silver above (unlike the similar species Cyclamen parviflorum, which is entirely green) and red-purple below.

The flowers have five petals, pale rose-pink to pink-carmine or white with a dark magenta spot at the nose. The petals are spreading rather than fully upswept and often twisted like the blades of a propeller, as in Cyclamen parviflorum var. subalpinum.

Distribution

It is found in south west Turkey, in Turkish pine, juniper, sweetgum, or cedar woodland at 350–1,500 m (1,150–4,920 ft) above sea level.

Forms

Cyclamen alpinum forma leucanthum (= Cyclamen alpinum forma album) has white petals.

References

^ τροχός, πτερόν, ἄνθος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project

External links

Cyclamen Society — 1997 expedition (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
Paghat's Garden (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
Pacific Bulb Society (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
Mark Griffiths Inspiring Plants.org (Cyclamen alpinum)
"Cyclamen alpinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
photos — wild plants
photos — Jearrard's Herbal
photo — TrekNature
photo — South Wales Alpine Garden Society Show

[1] τροχός, πτερόν, ἄνθος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project

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