Cyclamen colchicum

Cyclamen colchicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Primulaceae
Subfamilia: Myrsinoideae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Cyclamen
Series: C. ser. Purpurascens
Species: Cyclamen colchicum

Name

Cyclamen colchicum (Albov) Correvon, The Garden 51: 193 (1897) [13 Mar 1897].

• Typus: Abkhasia, Defile d’Okoum (Okum), 300 m, 1 September 1893, Albov 247 (G, LE); Albov 525, 14 October 1893 (K, Syntype).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cyclamen europaeum var. colchicum Albov, Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Sada 1: 166 (1895).
• Homotypic
  • Cyclamen colchicum (Albov) Albov, Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 23: 7 (1898), Isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Cyclamen europaeum var. ponticum Albov, Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 254 (1894).
    • Typus: CIS Abchasia, Okum, c. 300 m, N. Alboff s.n., 1892–3 (G).
    • Cyclamen europaeum subsp. ponticum (Albov) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora n.f., 1: 16 (1938).
    • Cyclamen ponticum (Albov) Pobed., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 223 (1948).
    • Cyclamen purpurascens subsp. ponticum (Albov) Grey-Wilson, Gen. Cyclamen: 106 (1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (Abkhaziya, Gruziya). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Denney, M. 2012. The name behind C. colchicum Albov. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 36(2): 54–59. Reference page. 
• Grey-Wilson, C. 2002. Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists and botanists. New edition. London: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8760-7 Reference page. 
• Mathew, B.F. 2013. Genus Cyclamen in Science, Cultivation, Art and Culture. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-472-4, p. 169–173 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cyclamen colchicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Cyclamen colchicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Sep 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cyclamen colchicum. Published online. Accessed: 5 Sep 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cyclamen colchicum. Accessed: 5 Sep 2023.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cyclamen colchicum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 5.