| Cyclamen rhodium | |
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| In the Berne Botanical Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Cyclamen |
| Species: | C. rhodium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclamen rhodium Gorer ex O. Schwarz & Lepper | |
| Subspecies | |
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Cyclamen rhodium (also called Cyclamen peloponnesiacum; once included in Cyclamen repandum) is a species of flowering plant in genus Cyclamen of the family Primulaceae, native to the Peloponnese, Rhodes, and southwestern Kos. It is a tuberous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in), with mottled, heart-shaped leaves and pink flowers, darker carmine pink at the base, appearing in spring. Like all cyclamens, the flowers consist of five upswept, reflexed petals.
Subspecies
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
References
- RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- "Cyclamen rhodium". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
External links
- Cyclamen Society (as Cyclamen repandum subsp. peloponnesiacum and subsp. rhodense)
- Pacific Bulb Society (as Cyclamen repandum subsp. peloponnesiacum)
- "Cyclamen peloponnesiacum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- photos from trip to Peloponnese — Northumberland Alpine Gardener's Diary (middle of page)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cyclamen rhodium | |