Cyclamen libanoticum

Cyclamen libanoticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Myrsinaceae
Genus:	Cyclamen
Subgenus:	Corticata
Binomial name
Cyclamen libanoticum Hildebr.

Cyclamen libanoticum (Lebanon cyclamen)^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrsinaceae. It is native to a small area in the mountains of Lebanon northeast of Beirut at 750-1,400 m (2,500-4,600 ft) elevation. From winter to spring, it bears peppery-smelling flowers with 5 oval petals opening white, then turning pale pink, usually with an irregular crimson-magenta mark at the base. Leaves are heart-shaped, gray-green with a darker arrowhead pattern. The tuber only produces roots from one side of the bottom.

Cyclamen ×wellensiekii Iets. is a hybrid obtained in 1969 in the Netherlands between this species and Cyclamen cyprium – the other species of sub-genus Corticata. This fertile hybrid has pink flowers from Novembre till March.

Cyclamen ×schwarzii Grey-Wilson is a fertile hybrid Cyclamen pseudibericum × Cyclamen libanoticum. This hybrid can cross back with one of the parents.

References

1. ^ libanoticum. Botanary. Dave's Garden.

• Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists, and botanists. Christopher Grey-Wilson. 1997.

External links

• Cyclamen Society
• Mark Griffiths