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Cynanchica abbreviata

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Cynanchica abbreviata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Cynanchica
Species:
C. abbreviata
Binomial name
Cynanchica abbreviata
(Halácsy) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio
Synonyms
  • Asperula abbreviata (Halácsy) Rech.f.
  • Asperula lutea var. abbreviata Halácsy

Cynanchica abbreviata, commonly known as woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae that is endemic to Naxos and Amorgos in Greece.[1] It was first formally described in 1901 by Eugen von Halácsy who gave it the name Asperula lutea var. abbreviata in Conspectus Florae Graecae.[2] In 1943, Karl Heinz Rechinger raised the variety to species status as Asperula abbreviata in Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.[3] In 2020, it was reclassified into the newly erected genus Cynanchica.

Description

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Cynanchica abbreviata appears as a small green moss-like plant, with small (1in) pale pink flowers, on relatively long stems, it has a compact cushion of small, green, needle-like, leaves.

Growth cycle

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Cynanchica abbreviata flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.

References

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  1. ^ "Cynanchica abbreviata (Halácsy) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ "Asperula lutea var. abbreviata". The Plant List. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Asperula abbreviata". The Plant List. Retrieved 22 June 2021.