Cynanchica tenella

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 tenella

Name

Cynanchica tenella (Heuff. ex Degen) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio, Pl. Biosystems 154: 776 (2020).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asperula tenella Heuff. ex Degen, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 196 (1897).
    • Type: Hungaria merid.-or., Com. Krassö-Szörény, in saxosis calcareis vallis Kazan ad Orsovam, Degen (Holotype: BP, isotype WU).
• Heterotypic
  • Asperula cynanchica var. elongata Steven in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 4:583 (1830).
  • Asperula stevenii V.I.Krecz. in A.A.Grossheim, Fl. Kavkaza 4: 25 (1934).
  • Asperula maeotica Popov & Chrshan., Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 50(5-6): 97 (1946).
  • Galium danubiale F.Herm., Fl. N. Mitteleur.: 941 (1956).
  • Asperula bidentata Klokov in V.L.Komarov, Fl. URSS 23: 597 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Hungary. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece (doubtfully present. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia 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. 
• Degen, Á.v. 1897. Bemerkungen über einige orientalische Pflanzenarten. XXIX. Asperula setulosa Boiss. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 47(6): 195–199. DOI: 10.1007/BF01672524 JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Grossheim, A.A. (Гроссгейм, А.А., Grossgejm, A.A.) 1934. Флора Кавказа (Qafqazja Florasь). Том 4. Orobanchaceae-Сompositae (Rosaceae). 342 pp. (Russian) Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU 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 tenella 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 tenella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cynanchica tenella. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cynanchica tenella. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Cynanchica tenella in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2.