Cyclamen africanum

Cyclamen africanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
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. Cyclamen
Series: C. ser. Cyclamen
Species: Cyclamen africanum

Name

Cyclamen africanum Boiss. & Reut., Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 75. 1852.

• Type: N Africa, Algeria.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. africanum (Boiss. & Reut.) Ietsw., J. Cyclamen Soc. 29: 21. 2005.
  • Cyclaminus africana (Boiss. & Reuter) Bonnet & Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl. 279 1896.
• Heterotypic
  • Cyclamen algeriense Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 22. 1903.
    • Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXXII.
  • Cyclamen numidicum Glasau, Planta 30: 528. 1939. DOI: 10.1007/BF01917067 non Cyclamen numidicum Gand..
    • Cyclamen ambiguum O.Schwarz, Feddes Repert. 58: 275. 1955. nom. nov.
    • Type: Cultivated material originating from North Algeria, received 1935, H. Corrévon
  • Cyclamen commutatum O.Schwarz & Lepper, Feddes Repert. 69: 91. 1964.
    • Type: “Hortus Botanicus Jenensis ex seminibus prope Alger collectis culta”, Lepper (JE)
  • Cyclamen pachybolbum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 22. 1903.
    • Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXXI.
  • Cyclamen saldense Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 354. 1888.
    • Cyclamen africanum subsp. saldense (Pomel) Batt., Fl. Algérie 1(4): 720. 1890.
  • Cyclamen subrotundum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 21. 1903.
    • Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXX.
  • Cyclamen venustum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 21. 1903.
    • Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXIX.

Hybrids

• C. × hildebrandii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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. 152–156 Reference page. 

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Cyclamen africanum. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2016-1-21.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen africanum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen africanum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 1 27.

Vernacular names

magyar: Afrikai ciklámen

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