Cyclamen alpinum

Cyclamen alpinum (= Cyclamen trochopteranthum) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to pine, juniper, sweetgum, or cedar woodland at 350–1,500 m (1,150–4,920 ft) above sea level in an area of southwestern Turkey, northwest of Antalya, isolated from other species of the Cyclamen coum group.

Cyclamen alpinum
Cyclamen alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Primulaceae
Genus:
Cyclamen
Subgenus:
Gyrophoebe
Series:
Pubipedia
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.

Flowers have 5 petals, pale rose-pink to pink-carmine or white with a dark magenta spot at the nose, spreading rather than fully upswept and often twisted like the blades of a propeller, as in Cyclamen parviflorum var. subalpinum.

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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