Cyclamen colchicum

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. Cyclamen
Series: C. ser. Purpurascens
Species: Cyclamen colchicum
Name

Cyclamen colchicum (Albov) Correvon, The Garden 51: 193 (1897) [13 Mar 1897].

Typus: Abkhasia, Defile d’Okoum (Okum), 300 m, 1 September 1893, Albov 247 (G, LE); Albov 525, 14 October 1893 (K, Syntype).

Synonyms

Basionym
Cyclamen europaeum var. colchicum Albov, Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Sada 1: 166 (1895).
Homotypic
Cyclamen colchicum (Albov) Albov, Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 23: 7 (1898), Isonym
Heterotypic
Cyclamen europaeum var. ponticum Albov, Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 254 (1894).
Typus: CIS Abchasia, Okum, c. 300 m, N. Alboff s.n., 1892–3 (G).
Cyclamen europaeum subsp. ponticum (Albov) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora n.f., 1: 16 (1938).
Cyclamen ponticum (Albov) Pobed., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 223 (1948).
Cyclamen purpurascens subsp. ponticum (Albov) Grey-Wilson, Gen. Cyclamen: 106 (1988).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
Transcaucasus (Abkhaziya, Gruziya).

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

Denney, M. 2012. The name behind C. colchicum Albov. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 36(2): 54–59. 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.
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. 169–173 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2021. Cyclamen colchicum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cyclamen colchicum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cyclamen colchicum. Published online. Accessed: 26 December 2021.

Cyclamen colchicum is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to densely shaded areas among rocks or tree roots in woodland on limestone at 300–800 m (980–2,620 ft) elevation in the autonomous republic of Adjara in Georgia, about 1,900 km (1,200 mi) from the range of the closely related species Cyclamen purpurascens. Unlike C. purpurascens, leaves are very thick and leathery with finely toothed edges.