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Cyclamen elegans Boiss. et Buhse Cyclamen vernum Sweet Primulaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

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Local Names

Azerbaijan: Zərif mеşənоvruzu¡; Georgia: - q'ochivarda; English: Cyclamen.

Botany and Ecology

Herb-like perennial. The calyx is 5-parted. The corolla tube is short, subspherical, the lobes are reflexed. The stamens 5, attached at base of corolla tube. The anthers are broadly or narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, nearly always enclosed in the tube. The ovary is unilocular. The placenta is subspherical. The style is filiform, included or slightly exserted. The ovules are numerous. The capsule is spherical or egg-shaped, opening at apex by 5–8 semi-reflexed teeth. The fruiting peduncles of the native species always spirally twisted, hence the capsules almost lying on the ground. The seeds are semi-spherical and angular. The tuber is almost spherical, but more or less flattened. The leaves are reniform, orbicular, or ovate, always cordate at base. The flowers are solitary, and nodding. The plant can be found in the mountains, chiefly along the coasts of the Mediterranean, the...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  2. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  3. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 5, Cholokasvili Ave, 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  4. Instituto de EcologĂ­a-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  5. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Mehdiyeva, N.P. et al. (2017). Cyclamen elegans Boiss. et Buhse Cyclamen vernum Sweet Primulaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_124

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