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.^[1][2]

Cynanchica lilaciflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Cynanchica
Species:	C. lilaciflora
Binomial name
Cynanchica lilaciflora (Boiss.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio (2020)
Subspecies[1]
5; see text
Synonyms[1]
Asperula lilaciflora Boiss. (1843)

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Asperula lilaciflora in 1843 by Pierre Edmond Boissier.^[3] In 2020 it was placed in genus Cynanchica as Cynanchica lilaciflora.^[1]

Subspecies

Six subspecies are accepted.^[1]

• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. coa (Rech.f.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – Kor
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. lilaciflora – western Turkey
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. mutensis (Schönb.-Tem.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – southern Turkey (Içel)
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. phrygia (Bornm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – eastern Aegean islands and western and west-central Turkey
• Cynanchica lilaciflora subsp. runemarkii (Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio – eastern Aegean islands