Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cyclaminus persica (Mill.) Asch., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 235 (1892).
  • Cyclaminus persica (Mill.) Bonnet & Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 279 (1896). nom. illeg.
  • Cyclamen persicum Mill. subsp. eupersicum R.Knuth in Engl., Pflanzenr. 22: 248 (1905). nom. inval.

• Heterotypic
  • Cyclamen albidum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 23 (1903).
    • Type: Ic. Fl Eur. pl. CCCCXXV
    • Cyclamen persicum f. albidum (Jord.) Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 174 (1997).
  • Cyclamen aleppicum Fisch. ex Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 54 (1824).
  • Cyclamen aleppicum subsp. puniceum Glasau, Planta 30: 545. 1939. DOI: 10.1007/BF01917067
    • Cyclamen persicum f. puniceum (Glasau) Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 174 (1997).
  • Cyclamen antiochium Decne., Rev. Hort. sér. 4, 4: 23 (1855).
  • Cyclamen hederaceum Sieber ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 458 (1840), pro syn.
  • Cyclamen latifolium Sm. in Sibth. & Sm., Fl. Graec. 2: 71, t. 185 (1813).
  • Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 Cyclamen no. 5. (1768).
    • Lectotype: (designated by Compton in Compton et al. 2008: 27): cult. Chelsea Physic Garden without date "Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill. Dict. no. 5!" (BM)
    • Cyclamen europaeum subsp. orbiculatum (Mill.) O.Schwarz, Gartenflora N.F. 1: 16. (1938).
  • Cyclamen persicum var. autumnale Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 174. (1997).
  • Cyclamen persicum f. roseum Grey-Wilson, Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists 112 (1997). nom. provis.
  • Cyclamen punicum Pomel, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 36: 356 (1889).
    • Type locality: “Environs de Tunis; abonde sur le djebel Bou-Kournein au-dessus de Hammam-El-lif.”
  • Cyclamen pyrolifolium Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 119. 1796 (as “C. pyrolaefolium”).
    • Typus: in ins. Cyprus, Sibthorp
  • Cyclamen tunetanum Jord. in Jord. & Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 23 (1903).
    • Type: Ic. Fl Eur. pl. CCCCXXIV
  • Cyclamen utopicum Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 54 (1824).
  • Cyclamen vernale Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 Cyclamen no. 4. (1768).
    • Lectotype: (designated by Compton in Compton et al. 2008: 26): cult. Chelsea Physic Garden presented to the Royal Society in 1751, no. 1464. (BM).
• Misapplied names
  • Cyclamen hederifolium Kotschy in Unger & Kotschy, Ins. Cypern: 295 (1865) non Aiton.

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Compton, J.A., Culham, A. & Sparkes, B. 2008. Typification of some Cyclamen names. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 32(1): 22–30. Reference page. 
• Grey-Wilson, C. 2002. Cyclamen: a guide for gardeners, horticulturists and botanists. New edition. London: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8760-7 Reference page. 
• Mathew, B.F. 2013. Genus Cyclamen in Science, Cultivation, Art and Culture. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-472-4, p. 111–122 Reference page. 

Links

• The Plant List 2013. Cyclamen persicum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan 28.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyclamen persicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.