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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesCyclamen graecum Link 
BibliographyLinnaea 9: 573 (1835)
Native Rangee. Medit.
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatshady rocks
Altitude0-1500m
Descriptioncorms large, ovate-globular, leaves orbiculate-ovate, cordate, densely obtusely crenate-dentate, abaxially red, flowers large, calyx lobes shortly lanceolate, acute
Size5-10cm
Colorpink, white
Bloomautumn
Ca
Typetuberous perennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in autumn on surface of substrate, moist, dark
division of resting tubers
SynonymsCyclamen aegineticum Hildebr.
Cyclamen gaidurowryssii Glasau
Cyclamen graecum f. album R.Frank & E.Frank
Cyclamen graecum ssp. mindleri (Heldr.) A.Davis & Goavaerts
Cyclamen macrophyllum Sieber
Cyclamen miliarakesii Heldr. ex Halácsy
Cyclamen mindleri (Heldr.) Dyer
Cyclamen pentelici Hildebr.
Cyclamen persicum ssp. mindleri (Heldr.) Knuth
Cyclamen velutinum Jord.
Cyclaminos miliarakesii Heldr. ex Knuth
Cyclaminos mindleri Heldr.
Cyclaminus graeca (Link.) Asch.
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey)
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