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Cyclamen cyprium

Species of flowering plant

Summary

Species of flowering plant

Cyclamen cyprium (Cyprus cyclamen) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to woodland at 300 - elevation in the mountains of Cyprus. It is the national flower. 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.

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.

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

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.

References

References

  1. . (n.d.). ["Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700712-1). *The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  2. . (n.d.). ["Cyclamen cyprium Kotschy"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/32SL7). *Species 2000*.
  3. "Κυκλάμινο το κυπριακό".
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