Taxon: Cyclamen purpurascens Mill.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• cyclamen d'Europe   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Sommer-Alpenveilchen   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• wildes Alpenveilchen   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• alpcyklamen   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Cyclamen europaeum)
  

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy [n.]
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.e.]

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Davis, A. P. & H. N. McGough, eds. 1999. CITES bulb checklist for the genera: Cyclamen, Galanthus and Sternbergia.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [mentions].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Grey-Wilson, C. 1988. The genus Cyclamen. 100–107.
• Grey-Wilson, C. 2003. Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturalists and botanists, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1972. Flora europaea. 3:25.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cyclamen purpurascens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cyclamen purpurascens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cyclamen purpurascens.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cyclamen europaeum L.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)

Check other web resources for Cyclamen purpurascens Mill.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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