| Cynanchica nitida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Cynanchica |
| Species: | C. nitida |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynanchica nitida (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio (2020) | |
| Subspecies | |
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4; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
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.
Four subspecies are accepted.
- 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. In 2020 it was placed in genus Cynanchica as Cynanchica nitida.
