Cyclamen pseudibericum

Cyclamen pseudibericum
	Cyclamen pseudibericum f. pseudibericum in cultivation
	Cyclamen pseudibericum f. roseum in the wild
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Subgenus:	C. subg. Gyrophoebe
Species:	C. pseudibericum
Binomial name
	Cyclamen pseudibericum; Hildebr.

Cyclamen pseudibericum (incorrectly spelled pseudoibericum), the false Iberian cyclamen, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Amanus or Nur and Anti-Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey. It is an herbaceous, tuberous perennial growing to 12 cm (5 in). It is similar to Cyclamen coum, but with longer petals.

Description

The tuber develops roots from the center below. The leaves are longer than wide, with a hastate or Christmas-tree pattern in green and silver. The spring-blooming flowers with five reflexed, upswept petals, are fragrant and magenta-purple or pink, with a darker blotch and a white zone at the end of the nose (larger than that of C. coum). After flowering, a pod develops on a coiled stem that rests on the ground, releasing its seeds directly on to the soil surface.^[1]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit^[2] (confirmed 2017).^[3]

Subdivisions

Forms

There are two naturally occurring forms, distinguished by predominant flower color. C. pseudibericum f. pseudibericum is magenta-purple and C. pseudibericum f. roseum is light pink to nearly white.

Hybrids

Cyclamen × schwarzii Grey-Wilson is a fertile hybrid of Cyclamen pseudibericum × Cyclamen libanoticum. This hybrid can cross back with one of the parents. According to Grey-Wilson some very pale forms of C. pseudibericum f. roseum could actually be C. ×schwarzii or a back-cross of it.^[4]

In cultivation

Cyclamen pseudibericum blooms from January to March. It is moderately hardy and should therefore be planted preferably in a sheltered place or in cold greenhouse.^[5]

Young leaf in autumn
Opening of the flowers
In blossom
Close-up of flower
Convoluting after pollination

References

^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
^ "RHS Plant Selector - Cyclamen pseudibericum". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists. Timber Press, 1997. ISBN 0-88192-386-9
^ "Cyclamen pseudibericum".

External links

Media related to Cyclamen pseudibericum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cyclamen pseudibericum at Wikispecies
Cyclamen Society

[1] RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

[2] "RHS Plant Selector - Cyclamen pseudibericum". Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[3] "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[4] Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists. Timber Press, 1997. ISBN 0-88192-386-9

[5] "Cyclamen pseudibericum".

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