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Viola L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 933 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000040312.

Synonyms of Viola

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Crocion Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 214 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000009729
Erpetion DC. ex Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 170 (1826) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000013935
Ion Medik. Malvenfam. : 102 (1787) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000019128
Lophion Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 516 (1836) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000022198
Mnemion Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 510 (1836) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000024472
Oionychion Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 210 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026681
Cittaronium Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 186 (1841) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000045020
Grammeionium Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 188 (1828) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000045023

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Viola:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola Trigonocarpea Godr. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-3400010141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anisopetala Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 97. 1910 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001240313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola argenteria Moraldo & G.Forneris Allionia 28: 51, 52 (1987–88 publ. 1988), nom. nov.:. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000426575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola asterias var. genuina Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 90: 899. 1895 Reiche, Flora de Chile, 1: 149. 1896 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola attenuata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 884. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000426534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola barceloi L.Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève Ser. 2, xv. 234 (1924). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000426542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bellidifolia subsp. typica M.S.Baker Madroño 5: 223. 1940 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola brittoniana Pollard Bot. Gaz. 26(5): 332. 1898 [Nov 1898] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001144603
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cano-barbata var. albiflora W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 360 (1925) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001379042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola capillaris var. dumetorum Reiche Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(3): 433. 1892 [23 Dec 1892] Anal. Univ. Chile, 90: 897. 1895 Reiche, Flora de Chile, 1: 147. 1896 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001144767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola chinoi f. sordida E.Hama ex T.Shimizu Fl. Nagano Pref. 1505. 1997 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001323429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola circaeoides Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 885. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000426431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola confusa f. albiflora S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 4: 783. 1992 [15 Dec 1992] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001325841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola confusa f. leucantha E.Hama Violets of Japan 181 (1987). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001326577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17(5): 124. 1890 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata f. thurstonii House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 504. 1924 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324864
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. cordiformis DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 292. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. glaberrima DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 292. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. hispidula DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 292. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. leptosepala (Greene) W.Stone Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903: 674. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001286810
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. macrotis (Greene) W.Stone Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903: 673. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001286811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. obliqua (Aiton) DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 292. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cucullata var. reniformis O.R.Willis Pract. Fl. 59. 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola cyclophylla Greene Pittonia 4(20): 7. 1899 [5 Jan 1899] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola diandra L. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 , 2: 669 (1774) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola eriocarpa var. typica Grover Ohio J. Sci. 39: 145. 1939 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola excelsa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 391 (-392). 1819 [Dec 1819] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola filiformis Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 310. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola fimbriatula f. glabrata Pennell Bartonia no. 12: 19. 1931 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola flos-evae var. flossdorfii Hicken Darwiniana 1: 31. 1922 [1 Dec 1922] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola frutescens Ruiz & Pav. ex Ging. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 308. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola humboldtii var. renifolia Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16(1): 18. 1889 [12 Jan 1889] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola lanceifolia Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 134. 1827 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola lancifolia Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. i. 173. 1809 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola litoralis subsp. litvinovii (Vl.V.Nikitin) Vl.V.Nikitin Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 86(1): 136. 2001 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367080
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola litoralis var. litvinovii Vl.V.Nikitin Fl. Vostochnoĭ Evropy 9: 194 (1996). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001390936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola loefflingiana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 885. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola marina E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre (edition 3) 205. 1870 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola massonii Banks ex Ging. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 308. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola melanosperma Bert. ex Ging. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 308. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423468
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola microphylla f. macropoda Speg. Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 3: 495. 1897 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola microphylla f. micropoda Speg. Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 3: 495. 1897 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola muhlenbergii var. albiflora (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 140. 1838 [Jul 1838] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola muhlenbergii var. pubescens A.Gray Amer. J. Sci. Arts (ser. 2) 33: 404. 1862 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola ogawae f. variegata E.Hama ex T.Shimizu Fl. Nagano Pref. 1506. 1997 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001323431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola ovata var. belvisiana DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 294. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola pallens f. alba L.R.Perkins Rhodora 11: 164. 1909 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola pariaetariaefolia Banks ex Ging. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 308. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola pseudasterias var. psammophila Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 90: 900. 1895 Reiche, Flora de Chile, 1: 150. 1896 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola punctata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 391. 1819 [Dec 1819] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000423832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola rafinesquii f. caerula Moldenke Phytologia 26: 225. 1973 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324880
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola rafinesquii f. caerulea Moldenke Phytologia 26(4): 225. 1973 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001326354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola sprengeliana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 887. 1821 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000424834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola sylvestris var. puberula E.Sheld. Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. 9: 17. 1894 [16 Jan 1894] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola taradakensis var. eizalacea F.Maek. & T.Hashim. ex T.Shimizu Fl. Nagano Pref. 1507. 1997 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001390792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor – – — wfo-0001316399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola triloba f. albida Steyerm. Rhodora 54: 256. 1952 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola triloba f. annjoae Creutz Wild Fl. 35: 9, fig. 1, 4-7. 1959 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001324886
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola triloba f. dilatata (Elliott) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Brittonia 10: 115. 1958 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001240295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola truncata var. glaberrima W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 187. 1922 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola truncata var. glandulifera W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 186. 1922 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397565
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola tzvelevii f. tschistopolensis Vl.V.Nikitin Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 86(1): 139. 2001 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001323516
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola yedoensis f. micrantha (K.Nakaj.) K.Nakaj. J. Jap. Bot. 51(11): 341. 1976 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001326362