Cynanchica nitida is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a subshrub native to Greece's east Aegean Islands and to Turkey.[1]

Cynanchica nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cynanchica
Species:
C. nitida
Binomial name
Cynanchica nitida
(Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio (2020)
Subspecies[1]

4; see text

Synonyms[1]

Asperula nitida Sm. (1806)

Four subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Cynanchica nitida subsp. hirtella (Boiss.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – western and central Turkey
  • Cynanchica nitida subsp. mytilinica (Ehrend.) P.Caputo & Del GuacchioLesbos
  • Cynanchica nitida subsp. nitida – northwestern Turkey (Uludağ)
  • Cynanchica nitida subsp. subcapitellata (Ehrend.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – northern Turkey

The species was first described as Asperula nitida by James Edward Smith in 1806.[2] In 2020 it was placed in genus Cynanchica as Cynanchica nitida.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Cynanchica nitida (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  2. ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-03-09.