Cyclamen balearicum

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. Psilanthum
Species: Cyclamen balearicum
Name

Cyclamen balearicum Willk., Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. 25: 111. 1875. nom. nov.

Lectotype: (designated by Schwarz 1938: 38): Palma di Mallorca. Cambessèdes (destroyed).
Neotype (designated by Compton & Culham 2004 and selected by J. A. Rossello & L. Saez 2000: 143—144, as lectotype): Mallorca, in nemoribus prope Miramar, 16 April 1873, Willkomm, Herb. Balear. 20 (COI-Willkomm, bottom right specimen).

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Cyclamen vernum Lobel ex Cambess., Enum pl. Balear. 127. 1827 nom. illeg. non Sweet
Homotypic
Cyclamen repandum race balearicum (Willk.) Rouy in Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 189. 1908 (often named Cyclamen repandum proles balearicum)
Cyclamen europaeum subsp. balearicum (Willk.) Gand., Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur. 328. 1910.
Cyclamen repandum var. balearicum (Willk.) F.Herm., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 54: 245. 1914.
Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. balearicum (Willk.) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora N.F. 1: 22. 1938.
Cyclamen repandum subsp. balearicum (Willk.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 602. 1881.
Cyclamen repandum subsp. balearicum (Willk.) Malag., Subesp. Variación Geogr. 13. 1973, comb. inval.
Heterotypic
Cyclamen repandum var. stenopetalum Loret, Fl. Montpellier 2: 425. 1876.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France

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

Willkomm, H.M. 1875. Diagnoses plantarum novarum, quas in insulis Balearicis vere 1873 legit. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 25(4): 109–113. DOI: 10.1007/BF01615408 JSTOR BHL PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Compton, J.A. & Culham, A. 2005. Neotypification of Cyclamen balearicum Willk. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 29(2): 54–56. 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. 28–31 Reference page.
Rosselló, J.A. & Sáez, L. 2000. Index Balearicum: An annotated check-list of the vascular plants described from the Balearic Islands. Collect. Bot. 25(1): 3–203. DOI: 10.3989/collectbot.2000.v25.42 Reference page.
Schwarz, O. 1938. Cyclamen-Studien. Gartenflora, N.F. 1938: 11–38. Reference page.

Links

The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen balearicum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan 20.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Cyclamen balearicum. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2016 May 24.

Vernacular names
català: Pa porcí
Deutsch: Balearen-Alpenveilchen
español: Ciclamen
hrvatski: Balearska ciklama
Cyclamen balearicum, the Majorca or Balearic cyclamen,[1] St. Peter's violet or sowbread, is a perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to shady areas in woodland of short evergreen trees and shrubs (holm oak, Kermes oak, box) up to 1,443 m (4,734 ft) above sea level in the Balearic Islands and in isolated locations in France from the Pyrenees to the Rhone valley.

The flowers bloom in spring, are fragrant, and have five upswept white petals.[1] The leaves are arrowhead-shaped and blue-green mottled with silver, with less sharply defined variegation than other cyclamens.
References

"Cyclamen balearicum". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.