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Cynanchica
Cynanchica, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 73 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and central Asia. The genus was erected in 2020 to accommodate species split from the genus Asperula.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Squinancywort
speciesCynanchica pyrenaica

Southern Squinancywort
speciesCynanchica aristata

Cynanchica supina
speciesCynanchica supina

Cynanchica tenella
speciesCynanchica tenella

Cynanchica tephrocarpa
speciesCynanchica tephrocarpa

Cynanchica graveolens
speciesCynanchica graveolens

Cynanchica neilreichii
speciesCynanchica neilreichii

Cynanchica diminuta
speciesCynanchica diminuta

Cynanchica cristata
speciesCynanchica cristata

Cynanchica biebersteinii
speciesCynanchica biebersteinii

Cynanchica lipskyana
speciesCynanchica lipskyana

Cynanchica idaea
speciesCynanchica idaea

Cynanchica woloszczakii
speciesCynanchica woloszczakii

Cynanchica borbasiana
speciesCynanchica borbasiana

Cynanchica staliana
speciesCynanchica staliana

Cynanchica rumelica
speciesCynanchica rumelica

Cynanchica bornmuelleri
speciesCynanchica bornmuelleri

Cynanchica lilaciflora
speciesCynanchica lilaciflora

Cynanchica suberosa
speciesCynanchica suberosa

Cynanchica abbreviata
speciesCynanchica abbreviata

Cynanchica boissieri
speciesCynanchica boissieri

Cynanchica beckiana
speciesCynanchica beckiana

Cynanchica affinis
speciesCynanchica affinis

Cynanchica intersita
speciesCynanchica intersita

Cynanchica naufraga
speciesCynanchica naufraga

Cynanchica rupicola
speciesCynanchica rupicola

Cynanchica setulosa
speciesCynanchica setulosa

Cynanchica stricta
speciesCynanchica stricta

Cynanchica paui
speciesCynanchica paui

Cynanchica abchasica
speciesCynanchica abchasica
Cynanchica breviflora
speciesCynanchica breviflora

Cynanchica gussonei
speciesCynanchica gussonei

Cynanchica pedicellata
speciesCynanchica pedicellata
Cynanchica rigidula
speciesCynanchica rigidula
Cynanchica crassifolia
speciesCynanchica crassifolia
Cynanchica lactea
speciesCynanchica lactea

Cynanchica malevonensis
speciesCynanchica malevonensis
Cynanchica pulvinaris
speciesCynanchica pulvinaris
Cynanchica pumila
speciesCynanchica pumila
Cynanchica mungieri
speciesCynanchica mungieri
Cynanchica × jordanii
hybridCynanchica × jordanii

Cynanchica pontica
speciesCynanchica pontica
Cynanchica nitida
speciesCynanchica nitida
Cynanchica glareosa
speciesCynanchica glareosa

Cynanchica visianii
speciesCynanchica visianii
Cynanchica accrescens
speciesCynanchica accrescens
Cynanchica carpatica
speciesCynanchica carpatica
Cynanchica deficiens
speciesCynanchica deficiens
Cynanchica garganica
speciesCynanchica garganica
Cynanchica icarica
speciesCynanchica icarica
Cynanchica inopinata
speciesCynanchica inopinata
Cynanchica kemulariae
speciesCynanchica kemulariae
Cynanchica litardierei
speciesCynanchica litardierei
Cynanchica markothensis
speciesCynanchica markothensis
Cynanchica tragacanthoides
speciesCynanchica tragacanthoides
Cynanchica puberula
speciesCynanchica puberula
Cynanchica wettsteinii
speciesCynanchica wettsteinii
Cynanchica pinifolia
speciesCynanchica pinifolia
Cynanchica samia
speciesCynanchica samia
Cynanchica lutea
speciesCynanchica lutea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1458348.