Cynanchica affinis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Rubieae
Genus: Cynanchica
Species: Cynanchica affinis

Name

Cynanchica affinis (Boiss. & A.Huet) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio, Pl. Biosystems 154: 770 (2020).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asperula affinis Boiss. & A.Huet in P.E. Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 110 (1856).
    • Type: Turkey B8 Erzurum: ad Palanteuken, in montibus Tech-Da. (Palandöken Da.) supra Erzeroum, 2100–2450 m, Huet du Pavillon (Holotype: G. isotype: BM).
• Homotypic
  • Asperula cynanchica var. affinis (Boiss. & A.Huet) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 3: 41 (1875).
• Heterotypic
  • Asperula dolichophylla Klokov in V.L.Komarov, Fl. URSS 23: 706 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Del Guacchio, E. & Caputo, P. 2020. Splitting Asperula (Rubiaceae): a proposal for consistency purposes within sections Cynanchicae, Thliphthisa and Hexaphylla. Plant Biosystems 154(5): 766–782. DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2020.1804008 Reference page. 
• Boissier, P.E. 1856. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum nonnullis Europaeis Boreali-Africanisque additis. ser. 2, no. 2. 125 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Herrmann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Boissier, E. 1875. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum Volumen tertium. Calyciflorae, Gamopetalae. 1033 pp. Genevae et Basileae: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Klokov, M.V. 1958. Asperula sect. Cynanchica. Pp. 218–264 in Schischkin, B.K. (ed.), Flora URSS (Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum) XXIII. [Bignoniaceae – Valerianaceae] [in Russian]. xxiii 775 pp., Academia Scientiarum URSS, Mosqua, Leningrad. DJVU. English translation: xxix 890 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ehrendorfer, F. & Schönbeck-Temesy, E. 1982. Asperula. Pp. 734–767 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 7 (Orobanchaceae to Rubiaceae). 947 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-396-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cynanchica affinis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Cynanchica affinis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Oct 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cynanchica affinis. Published online. Accessed: 28 Oct 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cynanchica affinis. Accessed: 28 Oct 2022.
• Euro Med 2006 onwards: Cynanchica affinis in Euro Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 28.