Lebanon cyclamen
| Lebanon cyclamen | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Cyclamen subg. Gyrophoebe |
| Species: | C. libanoticum
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| Cyclamen libanoticum | |
Lebanon cyclamen (Cyclamen libanoticum) 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. Unknown parameter
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- Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists, and botanists. Christopher Grey-Wilson. 1997.
External links
Media related to Lebanon cyclamen at Wikimedia Commons- Cyclamen Society
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