Cyclamen intaminatum

Cyclamen intaminatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Myrsinaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Subgenus:	Gyrophoebe
Series:	Cilicium
Binomial name
Cyclamen intaminatum (Meikle) Grey-Wilson
Synonyms
Cyclamen cilicium var. intaminatum Meikle

Cyclamen intaminatum (= Cyclamen cilicium var. intaminatum) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to oak woodland in scattered spots at 100–1,100 m (330–3,600 ft) in western Turkey. It is similar to Cyclamen cilicium, but smaller.

Etymology

The species is named intāminātum "undefiled",^[1] from the stem of contāmen (= -tagmen) "pollution", from tangō "I touch",^[2] because of the unmarked petals.

Description

Leaves are almost round and dark green variegated with silver.

Flowers are white to light pink, with no spot of darker color on the nose as in many other cyclamens.

References

1. ^ intāminātus. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
2. ^ Harper, Douglas. "contaminate". Online Etymology Dictionary. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=contaminate. 

External links

• Cyclamen Society
• Pacific Bulb Society
• Paghat's Garden
• PlantFiles
• Germplasm Resources Information Network