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Cyclamen cyprium

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Subgenus
  
Corticata

Higher classification
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Cyclamen

Scientific name
  
Cyclamen cyprium

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Species

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Cyclamen, Cyclamen libanoticum, Cyclamen graecum, Cyclamen cilicium, Cyclamen africanum

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. Cyclamen persicum and Cyclamen graecum are also found on Cyprus, but are not endemic.

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Description

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

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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.

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

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References

Cyclamen cyprium Wikipedia


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