Biology:Cynanchica nitida

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Short description: Species of plant

Cynanchica nitida
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Cynanchica
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/CynanchicaCynanchica nitida
(Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio (2020)
Subspecies[1]

4; see text

Synonyms[1]

Asperula nitida Sm. (1806)

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]

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 Guacchio – Lesbos
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q106902456 entry