Cynanchica nitida explained

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.

Four subspecies are accepted.

• Cynanchica nitida subsp. hirtella – western and central Turkey
• Cynanchica nitida subsp. mytilinica – Lesbos
• Cynanchica nitida subsp. nitida – northwestern Turkey (Uludağ)
• Cynanchica nitida subsp. subcapitellata – northern Turkey

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Plant Names Index. www.ipni.org. 2020-03-09.