Cynanchica nitida


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
  • Cynanchica nitida subsp. subcapitellata – northern Turkey
The species was first described as Asperula nitida by James [Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith] in 1806. In 2020 it was placed in genus Cynanchica as Cynanchica nitida.