Viola subsect. Diffusae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Subgenus: Viola subg. Viola
Sectio: Viola sect. Plagiostigma
Subsectio: Viola subsect. Diffusae
Species: V. amamiana – V. chaozhouensis – V. changii – V. diffusa – V. qingruii – V. guangzhouensis – V. heyuanensis – V. huizhouensis – V. jinggangshanensis – V. longissima – V. lucens – V. nagasawae – V. nanlingensis – V. yunnanensis

Name

Viola subsect. Diffusae (W.Becker) Chang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., ser. n., 1(3): 249. (1949)

  • Type species: Viola diffusa Ging., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 298 (1824)

Note: The species circumscription here differs from that proposed by Marcussen et al. (2022), as WS tends to follow POWO and others - see individual taxon pages.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Viola [unranked] (“Gruppe”) Diffusae W.Becker in Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 40: 113. (1924)
  • Heterotypic
    • Viola (sect. Nomimium) ser. Diffusae (W.Becker) Steenis, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, ser. 3, 13 (1933–1936): 260. (1934)
    • Viola sect. Diffusae (W. Becker) Ching J.Wang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 51: 100. (1991)

References

  • Marcussen, T., Ballard, H.E., Danihelka, J., Flores, A.R., Nicola, M.V. & Watson, J.M. 2022. A revised phylogenetic classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11(17), p.2224. DOI: 10.3390/plants11172224 Open access Reference page. 
  • Huang, Y.S., Ding, J.H., Ye, Q.L., Dai, J.M., Zhong, Z.M. & Fan, Q. 2023. Four new species of Viola (Violaceae) from southern China. Nordic Journal of Botany 2023(6), p.e03941. DOI: 10.1111/njb.03941 Paywall Reference page.