Cyclamen pseudibericum (incorrectly spelled pseudoibericum), the false Iberian cyclamen, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Amanus or Nur and Anti-Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey. It is an herbaceous, tuberous perennial growing to 12 cm (5 in). It is similar to Cyclamen coum, but with longer petals.
Cyclamen pseudibericum | |
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Cyclamen pseudibericum f. pseudibericum in cultivation | |
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Cyclamen pseudibericum f. roseum in the wild | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Primulaceae |
Genus: | Cyclamen |
Subgenus: | C. subg. Gyrophoebe |
Species: | C. pseudibericum
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Binomial name | |
Cyclamen pseudibericum Hildebr.
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Description
editThe tuber develops roots from the center below. The leaves are longer than wide, with a hastate or Christmas-tree pattern in green and silver. The spring-blooming flowers with five reflexed, upswept petals, are fragrant and magenta-purple or pink, with a darker blotch and a white zone at the end of the nose (larger than that of C. coum). After flowering, a pod develops on a coiled stem that rests on the ground, releasing its seeds directly on to the soil surface.[1]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[2] (confirmed 2017).[3]
Subdivisions
editForms
editThere are two naturally occurring forms, distinguished by predominant flower color. C. pseudibericum f. pseudibericum is magenta-purple and C. pseudibericum f. roseum is light pink to nearly white.
Hybrids
editCyclamen × schwarzii Grey-Wilson is a fertile hybrid of Cyclamen pseudibericum × Cyclamen libanoticum. This hybrid can cross back with one of the parents. According to Grey-Wilson some very pale forms of C. pseudibericum f. roseum could actually be C. ×schwarzii or a back-cross of it.[4]
In cultivation
editCyclamen pseudibericum blooms from January to March. It is moderately hardy and should therefore be planted preferably in a sheltered place or in cold greenhouse.[5]
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Young leaf in autumn
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Opening of the flowers
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In blossom
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Close-up of flower
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Convoluting after pollination
References
edit- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Cyclamen pseudibericum". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 22. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Grey-Wilson, Christopher. Cyclamen: A Guide for Gardeners, Horticulturists and Botanists. Timber Press, 1997. ISBN 0-88192-386-9
- ^ "Cyclamen pseudibericum".
External links
edit- Media related to Cyclamen pseudibericum at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Cyclamen pseudibericum at Wikispecies
- Cyclamen Society