Cyclamen africanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

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

Homotypic
- Cyclaminus africana (Boiss. & Reuter) Bonnet & Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl. 279 (1896).
- Cyclamen hederifolium subsp. africanum (Boiss. & Reut.) Ietsw., J. Cyclamen Soc. 29: 21 (2005).
Heterotypic
- Cyclamen saldense Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 354 (1888).
  - Cyclamen africanum subsp. saldense (Pomel) Batt., Fl. Algérie 1(4): 720 (1890).
- Cyclamen algeriense Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 22 (1903).
  - Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXXII.
- Cyclamen pachybolbum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 22 (1903).
  - Type: Ic. Fl. Eur. pl. CCCCXXI.
- 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.
- 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)

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

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