As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Viola
This genus name was first published in Icon. Viol. 1: t. 2. 1931 , nom. subnud.
At the time of this classification snapshot, this name was deprecated by WFO (it isn't possible to place this name in the taxonomy – do not use).
Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Viola:
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viola unranked pseudorupestres | Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 21: 372. 1925 , as 'Pseudo-rupestres' | wfo-1200040796 | ||
| Viola abbreviata | Int. Rock Gard. 110: 36, figs. 21, 28, 35, 43, 49-51, 53-56, 61-62. 2019 | wfo-0001354337 | ||
| Viola acanthophylla var. tontalensis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 183. 1922 | wfo-0001397529 | ||
| Viola acaulis | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 389, in syn. 1819 [Dec 1819] | wfo-0000426679 | ||
| Viola acuminata subsp. grandistipulata | Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 18. 2020 | wfo-1200008027 | ||
| Viola acuminata var. austroussuriensis | Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 18. 2020 | wfo-1200008047 | ||
| Viola adulterina | in Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn xv. II. (1877) 108. | wfo-0000426688 | ||
| Viola adunca f. candida | Naturaliste Canad. 79: 180. 1942 | wfo-0001324928 | ||
| Viola adunca subsp. typica | Madroño 3: 233. 1936 | wfo-0001367903 | ||
| Viola aethnensis subsp. aethnensis | – | – | — | wfo-1200108093 |
| Viola aguilaris | Cavanillesia ii. 77 (1929). | wfo-0000426258 | ||
| Viola ajtayana | Magyar Bot. Lapok 1913, xii. 35, hybr. | wfo-0000426246 | ||
| Viola alajensis | Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins xix. 37 (1904). | wfo-0000426241 | ||
| Viola alba subsp. alba | – | – | — | wfo-1200107726 |
| Viola alba var. lactea | Monde Pl. 464: 17, nom. nov.:. 1999 | wfo-0001391028 | ||
| Viola alba var. picta | Monde Pl. 464: 16. 1999 | wfo-0001391027 | ||
| Viola alba var. scotophyllodes | Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 45. 1885 | wfo-0001398613 | ||
| Viola albida f. viridis | Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 4 (fig.). 2006 [20 Dec 2006] | wfo-0001325680 | ||
| Viola albida var. eizanensis | Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 23. 2020 | wfo-1200008028 | ||
| Viola albida var. sieboldiana | Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 23. 2020 | wfo-1200008048 | ||
| Viola albiensis | in Lucante, Rev. de Bot. xii. (1894) 19. | wfo-0000426201 | ||
| Viola alburnica | Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 51(no. 381): FP 187. 2018 | wfo-1000008118 | ||
| Viola algida | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 391. 1819 [Dec 1819] | wfo-0000426195 | ||
| Viola allchariensis subsp. allchariensis | – | – | — | wfo-1200107949 |
| Viola allchariensis subsp. gostivarensis | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 75. 1921 (1921) | wfo-1200011650 | ||
| Viola allegheniensis | Castanea 18(2): 53 (t. 2). 1953 [21 Aug 1953] | wfo-0000426202 | ||
| Viola allionii | Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 242. [Dec 1838-Jan 1839] | wfo-0000426223 | ||
| Viola alpestris | Observ. Pl. Nouv. ii. (1846) 32, in textu. | wfo-0000426221 | ||
| Viola alpestris | Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 245. [Dec 1838-Jan 1839] | wfo-0000426220 | ||
| Viola alpestris | in Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Nat. Ges. xlv. Abh. I. 72. 1910 | wfo-0000426219 | ||
| Viola alpigena | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 284, hybr. 1911 | wfo-0000426218 | ||
| Viola altaica subsp. oreades | – | — | wfo-1200112148 | |
| Viola amani | Bull. Herb. Boissier i. (1893) 16, 411. | wfo-0000426212 | ||
| Viola amiatina | Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 51(no. 381): FP 189. 2018 | wfo-1000008119 | ||
| Viola amoena | Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York ii. (1828) 144. | wfo-0000426605 | ||
| Viola anceps | Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xli. (1891) 20. | wfo-0001357320 | ||
| Viola andersonii | Pittonia 4(25): 287. 1901 [30 Sep 1901] | wfo-0000426568 | ||
| Viola andina | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(5): 591. 1906 [30 Oct 1906] | wfo-0000426567 | ||
| Viola andrasovszkyi | Bot. Közlem. 19: 26. 1921 | wfo-0000426566 | ||
| Viola anglica | J. Bot. 64: 269. 1926 | wfo-0000426572 | ||
| Viola anisopetala | Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 97. 1910 | wfo-0001240313 | ||
| Viola anodonta | Pittonia 5(26): 32. 1902 [9 Sep 1902] | wfo-0000426561 | ||
| Viola anomala | Herb. Pedem. i. 268 (1833), in obs. | wfo-0000426560 | ||
| Viola apetala | Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 124. 1782 | wfo-0000426580 | ||
| Viola appendiculata | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 770. | wfo-0000426586 | ||
| Viola arborescens f. latifolia | Lagascalia 14(1): 136 (1986):. | wfo-0001326615 | ||
| Viola arborescens f. willkommii | Lagascalia 14(1): 136 (1986), without type, as nom. nov. but contrary to Art. 33.3 ICBN 1983. | wfo-0001326553 | ||
| Viola argenteria | Allionia 28: 51, 52 (1987–88 publ. 1988), nom. nov.:. | wfo-0000426575 | ||
| Viola argentinensis | Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 178. 1917 | wfo-0000426573 | ||
| Viola arophila | in Formanek, Beitr. Mittl. u. Sudl. Mahr. 79 (1886). | wfo-0000426690 | ||
| Viola arvensis subsp. andina | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(5): 591. 1906 [30 Oct 1906] | wfo-0001368487 | ||
| Viola arvensis subsp. minima | Fl. Valentina 5: 233 2024 | wfo-1200095870 | ||
| Viola arvensis var. anglica | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 | wfo-1200002743 | ||
| Viola arvensis var. arvatica | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 | wfo-1200002744 | ||
| Viola arvensis var. deseglisei | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 | wfo-1200002745 | ||
| Viola arvensis var. latifolia | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 | wfo-1200002746 | ||
| Viola arvensis var. segetalis | Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 | wfo-1200002747 | ||
| Viola asterias var. genuina | Anales Univ. Chile 90: 899. 1895 Reiche, Flora de Chile, 1: 149. 1896 | wfo-0001397530 | ||
| Viola atlantica | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(2): 92. 1897 [28 Feb 1897] | wfo-0000426656 | ||
| Viola attenuata | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 884. 1821 | wfo-0000426534 | ||
| Viola auricolor | Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. n.f, 56(5): 130, 260. 1916 | wfo-0000426520 | ||
| Viola ausonensis | Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32(4-6): 111. 1932 [Apr-Jun 1932] | wfo-0000426527 | ||
| Viola austroyunnanensis | Phytotaxa 613(2): 154 2023 | wfo-1000055277 | ||
| Viola averii | Pacific Rural Press 1879: 354. | wfo-0000426523 | ||
| Viola babiogorensis | Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1914 B. 461, hybr. | wfo-0000426521 | ||
| Viola babunensis | Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 21(2): 600 (1985). | wfo-0000426545 | ||
| Viola bachtschisaraensis | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 86(1): 145. 2001 | wfo-0000426529 | ||
| Viola badensis | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 24: 225 (1874) | wfo-0000426530 | ||
| Viola balearica | Boll. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears 32: 154 (1988), nom. nov.:. | wfo-0000426551 | ||
| Viola balmesi | Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32(4-6): 112. 1932 [Apr-Jun 1932] | wfo-0000426550 | ||
| Viola banatica | Erdely edenyes Fl. (1887) 112. | wfo-0000426558 | ||
| Viola barbata | Cat. 25; Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. v. 356. | wfo-0000426544 | ||
| Viola barceloi | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève Ser. 2, xv. 234 (1924). | wfo-0000426542 | ||
| Viola barhalensis | Phytotaxa 275(1): 14. 2016 [16 Sep 2016] [epublished] | wfo-0001356694 | ||
| Viola barkalovii | Komarovskie Chteniya (Vladivostok) 48: 102. 2001 | wfo-1000035168 | ||
| Viola basilensis | in Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Nat. Ges. xlv. Abh. l. 10, hybr. 1910 | wfo-0000426541 | ||
| Viola batava | Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1923, 185 (1924), hybr. | wfo-0000426540 | ||
| Viola baxteri | Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 500 (1924) | wfo-0000426640 | ||
| Viola beati | Willdenowia 49(1): 36. 2019 | wfo-1000034897 | ||
| Viola beckiana subsp. beckiana | – | – | — | wfo-1200108505 |
| Viola beckiana subsp. pascua | – | — | wfo-1200112149 | |
| Viola beebyi | List Brit. Pl. 9 (1908), hybr. | wfo-0000426636 | ||
| Viola behboudiana | Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. lxxxvii. 297 (1950). | wfo-0000426635 | ||
| Viola bellidifolia subsp. typica | Madroño 5: 223. 1940 | wfo-0001367904 | ||
| Viola beraudii | Fl. Centre France, ed. 3 [Boreau] 2: 76. 1857 | wfo-0000426641 | ||
| Viola berggrenii | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 107, hybr. 1925 | wfo-0000426631 | ||
| Viola bernardii | Pittonia 5: 123 (1903) | wfo-0001144600 | ||
| Viola bernoulliana | in Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit. iv. 263 (1906). | wfo-0000426630 | ||
| Viola bertolonii | De Viola specimen botanico-medicum (1813) | — | wfo-1000080753 | |
| Viola bertoti | Bull. Soc. Bot. Rochelaise (1892), ex Corbiere. Nouv. Fl. Norm. (1893) 77. | wfo-0000426624 | ||
| Viola bessarabica | Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1914 B. 459, hybr. | wfo-0000426623 | ||
| Viola besseri | Fl. Caucasi 151. 1869 | wfo-0000426622 | ||
| Viola bethkeana | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 422. 1891 | wfo-0000426646 | ||
| Viola bethkeana | Krit. Fl. Prov. Schlesw.-Holst. ii. (1890) 23. | wfo-0000426632 | ||
| Viola bethkei | Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 221. 1888 | wfo-0000426633 | ||
| Viola betonicifolia f. betonicifolia | – | – | wfo-0001327072 | |
| Viola betonicifolia subsp. australiensis | Botanische Jahrb?cher 54 Beiblatt 120 1917 | wfo-0001367338 | ||
| Viola betonicifolia subsp. betonicifolia | – | – | wfo-0001367340 | |
| Viola betonicifolia var. albescens | J. Jap. Bot. 43: 162 (1968) | wfo-1200011786 | ||
| Viola betonicifolia var. betonicifolia | – | – | wfo-0001392990 |