Cynanchica abbreviata, commonly known as woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae that is endemic to Naxos and Amorgos in Greece.[1] It was first formally described in 1901 by Eugen von Halácsy who gave it the name Asperula lutea var. abbreviata in Conspectus Florae Graecae.[2] In 1943, Karl Heinz Rechinger raised the variety to species status as Asperula abbreviata in Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.[3] In 2020, it was reclassified into the newly erected genus Cynanchica.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Cynanchica |
| Species: | C. abbreviata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynanchica abbreviata (Halácsy) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio
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Description
editCynanchica abbreviata appears as a small green moss-like plant, with small (1in) pale pink flowers, on relatively long stems, it has a compact cushion of small, green, needle-like, leaves.
Growth cycle
editCynanchica abbreviata flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.
References
edit- ^ "Cynanchica abbreviata (Halácsy) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Asperula lutea var. abbreviata". The Plant List. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Asperula abbreviata". The Plant List. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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