Biology:Cyclamen cyprium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cyclamen cyprium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Gyrophoebe
Species:
C. cyprium
Binomial name
Cyclamen cyprium
Kotschy

Cyclamen cyprium (Cyprus cyclamen) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.[1][2] It is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to woodland at 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft) elevation in the mountains of Cyprus. It is the national flower.[3] Cyclamen persicum and Cyclamen graecum are also found on Cyprus, but are not endemic.

Description

Leaves are heart-shaped with coarsely toothed edges, green variegated with blotches of silver above and purple beneath.[citation needed]

Flowers bloom in autumn to winter, and have 5 upswept petals, white to pale pink with a magenta blotch near the nose. The bases of the petals curve outwards into auricles.[citation needed]

After pollination, flower stems curl, and seeds are borne in round pods, opening by 5 flaps when mature.[citation needed]

Cyclamen ×wellensiekii Iets. is a hybrid obtained in 1969 in the Netherlands between this species and Cyclamen libanoticum – another species of sub-genus Gyrophoebe. This fertile hybrid has pink flowers from November until March.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700712-1. 
  2. ↑ "Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/32SL7. 
  3. ↑ "Κυκλάμινο το κυπριακό". http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/a5e0199a400ea5d8c2257060003da28b/BB1649B6A125D106C225710A00286CC0/$file/kyklamino%20-%20cyclamen_cyprium%20-%20greek.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2234185 entry



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