Cyclamen alpinum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Primulaceae
Subfamilia: Myrsinoideae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Gyrophoebe
Series: C. ser. Pubipedia
Species: Cyclamen alpinum
Name

Cyclamen alpinum hort. Dammann ex Sprenger, Gartenflora 41: 526 (1892).

Type: cultivated material originating from Asia Minor; destroyed.
Lectotype (designated by Grey-Wilson 2002: 84): Hildebrand, Gattung Cyclamen, t. III, figs. 45–63 (1898).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cyclamen coum Mill. subsp. alpinum (Sprenger) O.Schwarz, Feddes Repert. 58: 250 (1955) (misapplied in the sense of Cyclamen intaminatum).
Cyclamen vernum f. alpinum (Sprenger) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora N.F. 1: 20 (1938) (misapplied in the sense of Cyclamen parviflorum).
Heterotypic
Cyclamen alpinum var. album hort. Dammann ex Sprenger, Gartenflora 41: 526 (1892).
Type: unknown
Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill. var. alpinum D.E.Saunders, Bull. Alpine Gard. Soc. Gr. Brit. 27: 49 (1959).
Type: Turkey, Lycian Taurus, Eren Da., Pinus pallasiana forest, 4,000 ft. alt., April 1956, Davis & Polunin 25579 (E)
Cyclamen trochopteranthum f. leucanthum Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 175 (1997).
Type: from material cultivated by Rod Leeds, near Lavenham, Suffolk (holotype: K)
Cyclamen alpinum f. leucanthum (Grey-Wilson) Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists, ed. 2: 207 (2002).
Cyclamen trochopteranthum O.Schwarz, Feddes Repert. 86(9–10): 493 (1975).
Type: “Planta culta ex seminibus a Peter Davis sub no. 25368 prope Denizli in regione inferiore Cadmi montis collectis orta” (JE).
Cyclamen coum subsp. trochopteranthum (O.Schwarz) Ietsw., J. Cyclamen Soc. 29(1): 21 (2005).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Sprenger, C.L. 1892. Neue und empfehlenswerte Pflanzen etc. Neue Zwiebelgewächse von Dammann & Co. in San Giovanni a Teduccio. Gartenflora 41: 525–526. BHL Reference page.
Schwarz, O. & Lepper, L. 1975. Zwei neue Cyclamen aus dem östlichen Mittelmeergebiet. Feddes Repertorium 86(9/10): 491–497. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19750860902 Reference page.
Grey-Wilson, C. 2002. Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists and botanists. New edition. London: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8760-7 Reference page.

Additional references

Hildebrand, F. 1898. Die Gattung Cyclamen L., eine systematische und biologische Monographie. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 190 pp. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page.
Mathew, B.F. 2013. Genus Cyclamen in Science, Cultivation, Art and Culture. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-472-4, p. 70–77 Reference page.

Links

Cyclamen alpinum in The Plant List, a working list of all known plant species.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen alpinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 29 November 2010.

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