- Source: 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 (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.
