Cyclamen creticum

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 creticum
Name

Cyclamen creticum Hildebr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 19(2): 367 (1906).

Type: Greece, Crete: region of Malaxa, living material sent by Prof. Miliarakis (Athens) and cultivated in Freiburg, later transferred to Karlsruhe (KR) and probably destroyed.
Neotype (designated by Compton 2004): “"Nomos Chanion. South from Maleme, Aghia Irini district, west of Omalos in a gulley with stream, sheltered. Acer orientalis group, leafmould, damp. Flowers pure white”. M. G. Hodgman 1. April 1976 (RNG).
Note: Published independently from Dörfler (1905), whose publication and collection were not mentioned by Hildebrand (1906).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. creticum (Hildebr.) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora N.F. 1938: 22 (1938).
Heterotypic
Cyclamen repandum var. creticum Dörfl., Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 55: 20 (1905).
Type: Crete, Aghios Vasilis, Kedros, Dörfler Iter Creticum 902, 1904 (WU).
Cyclamen repandum subsp. creticum (Dörfl.) Debussche & J.D.Thomps., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 139: 141 (2002).
Cyclamen balearicum subsp. creticum (Dörfl.) Ietsw., J. Cyclamen Soc. 29(1): 20 (2005).
Cyclamen creticum f. erubescens J.Compton, J. Cyclamen Soc. 28: 33 (2004).
Type: “Crete 1995 Site 13C. 23 April 1995, Longitude 25 north, 56' 558" Latitude 35E 04' 877", Altitude 350m (1,100 ft), 50% shade, aspect east, slope 1:1.5. 50 yds north of a stream which is north of Stavrohori in a slight gully.” Cyclamen Society Expedition, CSE 9S570. (RNG).
Cyclamen creticum f. pallideroseum Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 174 (1997). nom. inval.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southeastern Europe
Kriti (Crete, Karpathos).

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

Hildebrand, F. 1906. Über einige neue und andere noch nicht lange aufgefundene Cyclamen-Arten. Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2 19: 367–384. BibDigital Reference page.
Dörfler, I. 1905. Mitteilungen aus der Flora Kretas. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 55(1): 17–20. BHL PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Compton, J.A. 2004. Typification of Cyclamen creticum Hildebr. A new combination, C. creticum f. erubescens. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 28(1): 32–33. 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. 31–35 Reference page.
Schwarz, O. 1938. Cyclamen-Studien. Gartenflora, N.F. 1938: 11–38. Reference page.
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1989. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 4: Dicotyledones (Lauraceae – Rhamnaceae). cxxix + 458 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève, ISBN 2-8277-0154-5. Online version. Reference page. , p. 376.

Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen creticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 21-Apr-06.
The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen creticum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 6.