Cyclamen rhodium
| Cyclamen rhodium | |
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| In the Berne Botanical Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Cyclamen |
| Species: | C. rhodium
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclamen rhodium Gorer ex O. Schwarz & Lepper
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| Subspecies | |
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Cyclamen rhodium (also called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; once included in Cyclamen repandum) is a species of flowering plant in genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Peloponnese, Rhodes, and southwestern Kos. It is a tuberous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in), with mottled, heart-shaped leaves and pink flowers, darker carmine pink at the base, appearing in spring. Like all cyclamens, the flowers consist of five upswept, reflexed petals.[1][2]
Subspecies[edit]
There are three subspecies, distinguished by range and flower color.
Cyclamen rhodium subsp. rhodium is white or pale pink with a pink nose and grows in shaded woodland and shrubland on the islands of Rhodes and Kos.
Cyclamen rhodium subsp. peloponnesiacum J. Compton & Culham is pink with a deep carmine-pink mouth and grows in shaded woodland in the Taygetus Mountains in the southern Peloponnese and near Mt. Aroania in the north.
Cyclamen rhodium subsp. vividum J. Compton & Culham is deep carmine-magenta and grows in sunny areas on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese.
Former names[edit]
Cyclamen rhodium was once called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; before that, it was included in Cyclamen repandum. The subspecies of Cyclamen rhodium were classified thus:
- Cyclamen repandum
- subsp. rhodense
- subsp. peloponnesiacum var. peloponnesiacum
- subsp. peloponnesiacum var. vividum
- Cyclamen peloponnesiacum (Grey-Wilson) Kit Tan
- subsp. rhodense
- subsp. peloponnesiacum
- subsp. vividum
References[edit]
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ "Cyclamen rhodium". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
External links[edit]
- Cyclamen Society (as Cyclamen repandum subsp. peloponnesiacum and subsp. rhodense)
- Pacific Bulb Society (as Cyclamen repandum subsp. peloponnesiacum)
- "Cyclamen peloponnesiacum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- photos from trip to Peloponnese — Northumberland Alpine Gardener's Diary (middle of page)