Cyclamen libanoticum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Primulaceae
Subfamilia: Myrsinoideae
Genus: Cyclamen
Subgenus: C. subg. Corticata
Species: Cyclamen libanoticum
Name

Cyclamen libanoticum Hildebr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 477 (1898).

Type: Lebanon, 40 miles north-east of Beirut, 800–1.400 m, December 1895, E. Hartmann; material cultivated at Freiburg, Hildebrand

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Hildebrand, F. 1898. Über Cyclamen libanoticum nov. spec. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 25(3): 477–482. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Grey-Wilson, C. 2002. Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists and botanists. New edition. London: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8760-7 Reference page.
Mathew, B.F. 2013. Genus Cyclamen in Science, Cultivation, Art and Culture. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-472-4, p. 107–111 Reference page.

Links

The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen libanoticum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 May 22.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen libanoticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Cyclamen libanoticum (Lebanon cyclamen) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is native to a small area in the mountains of Lebanon northeast of Beirut at 750–1,400 m (2,460–4,590 ft) elevation, in and around Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve.[1] 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 – another species of subgenus Gyrophoebe. This fertile hybrid has pink flowers from November 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

"Cyclamen Society". Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-06-15.

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