Cyclamen
Sign in to savealt=A Botanical scan of Cyclamen persicum including tuber|right|frameless|354x354px Cyclamen ( or ) is a genus of 25 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. In English, it is known by the common names sowbread or swinebread. Cyclamen species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to the Caucasus and Iran, with one species in Somalia. They grow from tubers and are valued for their flowers with upswept petals and variably patterned leaves.
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Cyclamen is a genus of 25 perennial flowering plants native to Europe, the Mediterranean, and parts of western Asia, known for their distinctive flowers with upswept petals and patterned leaves that grow from underground tubers. These plants are valued by gardeners and plant enthusiasts for their ornamental appeal and are commonly called sowbread or swinebread in English.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Ivy-leaved cyclamen
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyPrimulaceae
Observations16,744
Groupplantae
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- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Myrsinoideae
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20 sectionsContents
- Names
- Description
- Tuber
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Fruit
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Species
- Ecology
- Conservation
- Culture
- Cultivation and uses
- Hardiness
- Florists' ''Cyclamen''
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alt=A Botanical scan of Cyclamen persicum including tuber|right|frameless|354x354px Cyclamen ( or ) is a genus of 25 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. In English, it is known by the common names sowbread or swinebread. Cyclamen species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to the Caucasus and Iran, with one species in Somalia. They grow from tubers and are valued for their flowers with upswept petals and variably patterned leaves.
==Names== Cyclamen is Medieval Latin, from earlier Latin , from Ancient Greek , (also ), from , "circle", because of the round tuber. In English the species of the genus are commonly called by the genus name.