Cyclamen alpinum

Cyclamen alpinum (= Cyclamen trochopteranthum) is a perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to an area of southwestern Turkey, northwest of Antalya. It is isolated from other species of the Cyclamen coum group.

Cyclamen alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Gyrophoebe
Species:
C. alpinum
Binomial name
Cyclamen alpinum
Dammann ex. Springer
Synonyms
  • Cyclamen trochopteranthum O.Schwarz

Name

The alternate species name trochopteranthum comes from Greek trochós "wheel" and pterón "feather", "wing", probably meaning "propeller" and ánthos "flower".[1]

The scientific name Cyclamen alpinum has been applied to three other species as well: Cyclamen coum, Cyclamen cilicium, and Cyclamen intaminatum (as a variety of C. cilicium).

Description

Leaves are oval to round, green and often variegated with silver above (unlike the similar species Cyclamen parviflorum, which is entirely green) and red-purple below.

The flowers have five petals, pale rose-pink to pink-carmine or white with a dark magenta spot at the nose. The petals are spreading rather than fully upswept and often twisted like the blades of a propeller, as in Cyclamen parviflorum var. subalpinum.

Distribution

It is found in south west Turkey, in Turkish pine, juniper, sweetgum, or cedar woodland at 350–1,500 m (1,150–4,920 ft) above sea level.

Forms

Cyclamen alpinum forma leucanthum (= Cyclamen alpinum forma album) has white petals.

References
  1. τροχός, πτερόν, ἄνθος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  • Cyclamen Society — 1997 expedition (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
  • Paghat's Garden (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
  • Pacific Bulb Society (Cyclamen trochopteranthum)
  • Mark Griffiths Inspiring Plants.org (Cyclamen alpinum)
  • "Cyclamen alpinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  • photos — wild plants
  • photos — Jearrard's Herbal
  • photo — TrekNature
  • photo — South Wales Alpine Garden Society Show


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