Cyclamen elegans

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 elegans
Name

Cyclamen elegans Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 145 (1860).

Type: N. E. Iran, Gorgan: “in Persia boreali prope Asterabad” (LE)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans (Boiss. & Buhse) Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists: 174.(1997).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Caucasus
Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan).
Regional: Western Asia
Iran.

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

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. 57–63 Reference page.

Links

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

Cyclamen elegans (= Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan. It is native to forest in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran and extreme southeastern Azerbaijan below 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation, where it can even be found growing in moss on the lower limbs of trees.

It is similar to Cyclamen coum, and was once considered a subspecies (Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans), but leaves and petals are longer as well as C. elegans flowering earlier in October or November.[1]

The petals of C. elegans also have a dark blotch at the base of each petal in the flower head.[1]
References

Christopher Grey-Wilson Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists, p. 57, at Google Books