Cyclamen rhodium

Cyclamen rhodium
Cyclamen rhodium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Myrsinaceae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: Psilanthum
Species: C. rhodium
Binomial name
Cyclamen rhodium
Gorer ex O. Schwarz & Lepper
Subspecies

See text.

Cyclamen rhodium (also called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; once included in Cyclamen repandum) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to Greece in the Peloponnese, Rhodes, and southwestern Kos.

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Description

The flowers bloom in spring. They have five petals, much longer than wide.

Subspecies

Cyclamen rhodium subsp. vividum

There are three subspecies, distinguished by range and flower color.

Cyclamen rhodium subsp. rhodium is white or pale pink with a pink nose and grows in shaded woodland and shrubland on the islands of Rhodes and Kos.

Cyclamen rhodium subsp. peloponnesiacum J. Compton & Culham is pink with a deep carmine-pink mouth and grows in shaded woodland in the Taygetus Mountains in the southern Peloponnese and near Mt. Aroania in the north.

Cyclamen rhodium subsp. vividum J. Compton & Culham is deep carmine-magenta and grows in sunny areas on the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese.

Former names

Cyclamen rhodium was once called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; before that, it was included in Cyclamen repandum. The subspecies of Cyclamen rhodium were classified thus:

  • Cyclamen repandum
    • subsp. rhodense
    • subsp. peloponnesiacum var. peloponnesiacum
    • subsp. peloponnesiacum var. vividum
  • Cyclamen peloponnesiacum (Grey-Wilson) Kit Tan
    • subsp. rhodense
    • subsp. peloponnesiacum
    • subsp. vividum

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