Cynanchica lilaciflora
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.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Asperula lilaciflora in 1843 by Pierre [Edmond Boissier]. 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
- Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. phrygia – eastern Aegean islands and western and west-central Turkey
- Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. runemarkii – eastern Aegean islands