Cynanchica nitida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Cynanchica
Species: Cynanchica nitida
Subspecies: C. n. subsp. hirtella – C. n. subsp. mytilinica – C. n. subsp. nitida – C. n. subsp. subcapitellata

Name

Cynanchica nitida (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio, Pl. Biosystems 154: 773 (2020).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asperula nitida Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 89 (1806).
    • Type: Turkey A2(A) Bursa: in summitate montis Olympi Bithyni, Sibthorp (Holotype OXF, isotype: W).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Del Guacchio, E. & Caputo, P. 2020. Splitting Asperula (Rubiaceae): a proposal for consistency purposes within sections Cynanchicae, Thliphthisa and Hexaphylla. Plant Biosystems 154(5): 766–782. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2020.1804008 Reference page. 
• Sibthorp, J. & Smith, J.E. 1806. Florae Graecae Prodromus, sive Plantarum omnium enumeratio, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae invenit Johannes Sibthorp, M.D. Vol. I(1), xvi + 218 pp. London: Richard Taylor. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ehrendorfer, F. & Schönbeck-Temesy, E. 1982. Asperula. Pp. 734–767 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 7 (Orobanchaceae to Rubiaceae). 947 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-396-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cynanchica nitida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cynanchica nitida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cynanchica nitida. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cynanchica nitida. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cynanchica nitida in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2.