Cyclamen elegans

Cyclamen elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Myrsinaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Subgenus:	Gyrophoebe
Series:	Pubipedia
Binomial name
Cyclamen elegans Boiss. & Buhse

Cyclamen elegans (= Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan. It is native to forest in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran and extreme southeastern Azerbaijan below 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation, where it can even be found growing in moss on the lower limbs of trees.

It is similar to Cyclamen coum, and was once considered a subspecies (Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans), but leaves and petals are longer.

External links

• Cyclamen Society (Cyclamen coum)
• Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Ornamental Plants from Russia
• photos — Mark Griffiths