Cyclamen cyprium

Cyclamen cyprium
Scientific classification
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 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.^[1] 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.

Gallery

leaves

References

^ "Κυκλάμινο το κυπριακό" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

External links

[1] "Κυκλάμινο το κυπριακό" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-18. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

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