''Cyclamen alpinum'' (= ''Cyclamen trochopteranthum'') is a

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growing from a

tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growin ...

, native to an area of southwestern

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, northwest of

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. It is isolated from other species of the ''

Cyclamen coum ''Cyclamen coum'', the eastern sowbread, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a tuberous herbaceous perennial, growing to , with rounded heart-shaped leaves and pink shell-shaped flowers with darker coloration at the ...

'' group.

Name

The alternate species name ''trochopteranthum'' comes from

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''trochós'' "wheel" and ''pterón'' "feather", "wing", probably meaning "propeller" and ''ánthos'' "flower"., , The scientific name ''Cyclamen alpinum'' has been applied to three other

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as well: ''

'', ''

Cyclamen cilicium ''Cyclamen cilicium'' is a species of flowering perennial plant in the family Primulaceae. It is native to coniferous woodland at elevation in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Etymology The species name ''cilicium'' is the adjective of ...

'', and '' Cyclamen intaminatum'' (as a

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of ''C. cilicium'').

Description

Leaves are oval to round, green and often

variegated Variegation is the appearance of differently coloured zones in the leaves and sometimes the stems and fruit of plants. Species with variegated individuals are sometimes found in the understory of tropical rainforests, and this habitat is the s ...

with silver above (unlike the similar species ''

Cyclamen parviflorum ''Cyclamen parviflorum'', the small-flowered cyclamen is a flowering perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to high elevations in the Pontic Mountains of northern Turkey. It is the smallest cyclamen species and the only one native to alpine ...

'', which is entirely green) and red-purple below. The flowers have five petals, pale rose-pink to pink-

carmine Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright- red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code ...

or white with a dark magenta spot at the nose. The petals are spreading rather than fully upswept and often twisted like the blades of a propeller, as in ''Cyclamen parviflorum''

var. In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in la, varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. As such, it gets a three-part infraspecific name. It is sometimes recommended that the ...

''subalpinum''.

Distribution

It is found in south west Turkey, in

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juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...

sweetgum ''Liquidambar'', commonly called sweetgum (star gum in the UK), gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. They were formerly often treated in Hamamelidaceae ...

, or

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at above

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Forms

''Cyclamen alpinum'' forma ''leucanthum'' (= ''Cyclamen alpinum'' forma ''album'') has white petals.

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