Record | Species Use Database

A. Species

Scientific name: Cyclamen coum

Common name(s): Cyclamen coum

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

Turkey

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Turkey

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1999

End Year: 2008

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild

Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Keeping/companionship/display

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and Non-local External

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Details of assessment carried out: Published scientific literature

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: There is no strong evidence that the use of C. coum is having a negative impact on the species as it remains widespread and abundant in Turkey. A previous study in 2007 stated that the species has been sustainably used so far. However, in the eastern Black Sea region there are reports that C. coum has been excessively harvested.

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit

Date of publication/issue/production: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

UNEP-WCMC (2007) Review of species selected from the Analysis of 2005 EC Annual Report to CITES (version edited for public release). Prepared for the European Commission, Directorate General Environment, ENV.E.2 – Development and Environment. Cambridge, UK: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Date of record entry: 2025-07-02

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