Cyclamen pseudibericum

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: Cyclamen ser. Pseudibericum
Species: Cyclamen pseudibericum
Name

Cyclamen pseudibericum Hildebr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 10(7): 522 (1901) (as “C. pseud-ibericum”).

Type: material of Turkish origin received in 1901 and cultivated at Freiburg.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cyclamen libanoticum Hildebr. subsp. pseudibericum (Hildebr.) Glasau, Planta 30: 523 (1939) DOI: 10.1007/BF01917067
Heterotypic
Cyclamen pseudibericum f. roseum Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists: 174 (1997).

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

Hildebrand, F. 1901. Ueber Cyclamen pseud-ibericum nov. sp. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 10(8): 522–524. BHL Reference page.

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. 77–83 Reference page.

Links

Cyclamen pseudibericum in The Plant List, a working list of all known plant species.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen pseudibericum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Cyclamen pseudibericum (incorrectly spelled pseudoibericum), the false Iberian cyclamen, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Amanus or Nur and Anti-Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey. It is an herbaceous, tuberous perennial growing to 12 cm (5 in). It is similar to Cyclamen coum, but with longer petals.

Description

The tuber develops roots from the center below. The leaves are longer than wide, with a hastate or Christmas-tree pattern in green and silver. The spring-blooming flowers with five reflexed, upswept petals, are fragrant and magenta-purple or pink, with a darker blotch and a white zone at the end of the nose (larger than that of C. coum). After flowering, a pod develops on a coiled stem that rests on the ground, releasing its seeds directly on to the soil surface.[1]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[2] (confirmed 2017).[3]
Subdivisions
Cyclamen pseudibericum f. roseum in the botanical garden of Göteborg
Forms

There are two naturally occurring forms, distinguished by predominant flower color. C. pseudibericum f. pseudibericum is magenta-purple and C. pseudibericum f. roseum is light pink to nearly white.
Hybrids

Cyclamen × schwarzii Grey-Wilson is a fertile hybrid of Cyclamen pseudibericum × Cyclamen libanoticum. This hybrid can cross back with one of the parents. According to Grey-Wilson some very pale forms of C. pseudibericum f. roseum could actually be C. ×schwarzii or a back-cross of it.[4]

References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
"RHS Plant Selector - Cyclamen pseudibericum". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists. Timber Press, 1997. ISBN 0-88192-386-9