Cyclamen repandum

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 repandum
Varietates: C. r. var. baborense – C. r. var. repandum
Name

Cyclamen repandum Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 128 (1806).

Lectotype: (designated by Compton & Culham, Journ. Cyclamen Soc. 27(2): 70 (2003)): Bauer’s original watercolour, tab. 186, page 177 (MS Sherard 244, OXF).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Cyclaminus repanda (Sm.) Asch., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 235 (1892).
Cyclamen europaeum subsp. repandum (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 209 (1894).
Heterotypic
see Cyclamen repandum var. repandum

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Sibthorp, J. & Smith, J.E. 1806. Florae Graecae Prodromus, sive Plantarum omnium enumeratio, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae invenit Johannes Sibthorp, M.D. Vol. I(1), xvi + 218 pp. London: Richard Taylor. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Compton, J.A. & Culham, A. 2003. New combinations in Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 27(2): 70–72. 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. 46–57 Reference page.
Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368 (!270). JSTOR PDF Reference page.

Links

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen repandum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cyclamen repandum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan 20.
The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen repandum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 22.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Cyclamen repandum. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2016 May 24.

Cyclamen repandum, the spring sowbread,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to southern Europe and some Mediterranean islands. It is the most widespread of a group of cyclamens (genus Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum) with wide, heart-shaped leaves, often coarsely toothed or lobed, and late spring-blooming flowers with long, slender petals.

Etymology

The name of the subgenus, Psilanthum, comes from Ancient Greek psilós "bare" and ánthos "flower".[2] The species name repandum is Latin for "bent back" or "turned up".[3]
Description

Cyclamen repandum grows in rocky areas, shrubland, and woodland near the Mediterranean from southeastern France through Italy to Serbia and on Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. The tuber of the C. repandum group roots only from the center of the bottom. Leaves are dark green with a lighter arrowhead pattern, not speckled. Flowers are deep carmine-pink or white, without a darker nose. They lack the auricles present in Cyclamen hederifolium.
Similar species

The Cyclamen repandum group also includes C. rhodium, C. balearicum, and C. creticum.
Hybrids

When species of the Cyclamen repandum group are growing together, hybrids can emerge:

Cyclamen × meiklei Grey-Wilson (C. creticum × C. repandum)
Cyclamen × saundersii Grey-Wilson (C. repandium × C. balearicum)
Cyclamen creticum × Cyclamen balearicum

Cultivation

Cyclamen repandum is a deciduous plant that has a hardiness rating of H4[4] (This refers to the UK growing conditions, H4 being hardy through most of the UK and can withstand temperatures down to -5 to -10°C). It requires partial shade and can grow in chalk, clay, sand or loam. It can grow in any pH level; acid, alkaline or neutral. C. repandum can grow to an ultimate height of 10cm and can take anywhere between 2-5 years to reach this height.[5]

The subspecies C. repandum subsp. repandum (wavy-edged cyclamen) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[6] (confirmed 2017).[7]
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
ψιλός, ἄνθος1. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
rĕpandus. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
"Check how hardy plants are using RHS hardiness ratings / RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
"Cyclamen repandum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2020. Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
"RHS Plant Selector - Cyclamen repandum subsp. repandum". Retrieved 19 February 2020.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 26. Retrieved 24 January 2018.