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Primulaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Cyclamen cyprium Schott & Kotschy.

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  • Common Name:
  • Family: Primulaceae Vent.

  • Country of Origin: Cyprus
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Tuber flattened, with corky surface; leaf blades broadly cordate or ovate-lanceolate, to 1.5 inches long, olive-green with light green blotches above, bright carmine beneath, apex acute or tapering to a long point, margins cut into shallow lobes; flowers about 1 inch long, very fragrant, corolla lobes lanceolate, white or shell pink, with a basal V-shaped, pinkish purple botch, eared at base.
Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200581
  • Source: seed/RHS
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 3208 - Holding Room - East Bench
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 08-17-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Primulaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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