Salzmannia nitida DC., Prodr.

Jardim, Jomar G., Taylor, Charlotte M., Barbosa, Maria Regina & Pessoa, Maria Do Céo R., 2015, Taxonomic notes on Chiococca and Salzmannia (Rubiaceae, Chiococceae) in northeastern Brazil, with a new combination and a new species, Phytotaxa 202 (1), pp. 15-25 : 23

Salzmannia nitida DC., Prodr. 4: 617. 1830.

This species was originally described as a much-branched shrub, but is better characterized as extensively scrambling or scandent shrub that occasionally may have erect main stems. It is characterized by this habit and its stems and inflorescences with resinous exudate, shiny leathery leaves, subsessile to shortly pedunculate and subcapitate inflorescences with well developed bracts, small generally yellow flowers, and rather small, oblate to widely depressed ovoid, red fruits. This species is restricted to open areas in restinga or coastal savanna vegetation, where it is often locally common, from Bahia to Rio Grande do Norte. This is the most widely distributed and common species of Salzmannia , and it does not show clinal morphological variation across this range.