Cynanchica lilaciflora explained

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

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Asperula lilaciflora in 1843 by Pierre Edmond Boissier.^[2] In 2020 it was placed in genus Cynanchica as Cynanchica lilaciflora.

Subspecies

Six subspecies are accepted.

• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. coa – Kor
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. lilaciflora – western Turkey
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. mutensis – southern Turkey (Içel)
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. phrygia – eastern Aegean islands and western and west-central Turkey
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. runemarkii – eastern Aegean islands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asoeryka kukacjufkira. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603223348/http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=16936 . 2020-06-03 .
2. Web site: International Plant Names Index. www.ipni.org. 2020-03-08.