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Viola L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 933 (1753)  

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.

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Synonyms of Viola

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Crocion Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 214 (1914) wfo-4000009729
Dischidium Rchb. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 269. 1837. wfo-4000012124
Erpetion DC. ex Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 170 (1826) wfo-4000013935
Ion Medik. Malvenfam. : 102 (1787) wfo-4000019128
Lophion Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 516 (1836) wfo-4000022198
Mnemion Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 510 (1836) wfo-4000024472
Oionychion Nieuwl. & Kaczm. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 210 (1914) wfo-4000026681
Cittaronium Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch : 186 (1841) wfo-4000045020
Grammeionium Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. : 188 (1828) wfo-4000045023

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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 unranked pseudorupestres W.Becker Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 21: 372. 1925 , as 'Pseudo-rupestres' wfo-1200040796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola abbreviata J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores Int. Rock Gard. 110: 36, figs. 21, 28, 35, 43, 49-51, 53-56, 61-62. 2019 wfo-0001354337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola acanthophylla var. tontalensis W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 183. 1922 wfo-0001397529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola acaulis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 389, in syn. 1819 [Dec 1819] wfo-0000426679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola acuminata subsp. grandistipulata (W.Becker) Espeut Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 18. 2020 wfo-1200008027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola acuminata var. austroussuriensis (W.Becker) Espeut Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 18. 2020 wfo-1200008047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola adulterina Schur in Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn xv. II. (1877) 108. wfo-0000426688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola adunca f. candida Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 79: 180. 1942 wfo-0001324928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola adunca subsp. typica M.S.Baker Madroño 3: 233. 1936 wfo-0001367903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola aethnensis subsp. aethnensis wfo-1200108093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola aguilaris Sennen & Gonzalo Cavanillesia ii. 77 (1929). wfo-0000426258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola ajtayana Wagner Magyar Bot. Lapok 1913, xii. 35, hybr. wfo-0000426246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alajensis W.Becker Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins xix. 37 (1904). wfo-0000426241
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alba subsp. alba wfo-1200107726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alba var. lactea Espeut Monde Pl. 464: 17, nom. nov.:. 1999 wfo-0001391028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alba var. picta (Moggr.) Espeut Monde Pl. 464: 16. 1999 wfo-0001391027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alba var. scotophyllodes Wiesb. ex Dichtl Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 3: 45. 1885 wfo-0001398613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola albida f. viridis Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 4 (fig.). 2006 [20 Dec 2006] wfo-0001325680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola albida var. eizanensis (Makino) Espeut Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 23. 2020 wfo-1200008028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola albida var. sieboldiana (Maxim.) Espeut Botanica Pacifica 9(1): 23. 2020 wfo-1200008048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola albiensis Sudre in Lucante, Rev. de Bot. xii. (1894) 19. wfo-0000426201
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alburnica Ricceri & Moraldo Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 51(no. 381): FP 187. 2018 wfo-1000008118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola algida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 5: 391. 1819 [Dec 1819] wfo-0000426195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola allchariensis subsp. allchariensis wfo-1200107949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola allchariensis subsp. gostivarensis W.Becker & Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 75. 1921 (1921) wfo-1200011650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola allegheniensis L.K.Henry Castanea 18(2): 53 (t. 2). 1953 [21 Aug 1953] wfo-0000426202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola allionii Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 242. [Dec 1838-Jan 1839] wfo-0000426223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alpestris (DC. ex Ging.) Jord. Observ. Pl. Nouv. ii. (1846) 32, in textu. wfo-0000426221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alpestris Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 245. [Dec 1838-Jan 1839] wfo-0000426220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alpestris W.Becker in Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Nat. Ges. xlv. Abh. I. 72. 1910 wfo-0000426219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola alpigena Chatenier Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 284, hybr. 1911 wfo-0000426218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola altaica subsp. oreades (M. Bieb.) W. Becker wfo-1200112148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola amani Post Bull. Herb. Boissier i. (1893) 16, 411. wfo-0000426212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola amiatina Ricceri & Moraldo Boll. Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 51(no. 381): FP 189. 2018 wfo-1000008119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola amoena Leconte Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York ii. (1828) 144. wfo-0000426605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anceps K.Richt. Sitzungsber. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien xli. (1891) 20. wfo-0001357320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola andersonii Greene Pittonia 4(25): 287. 1901 [30 Sep 1901] wfo-0000426568
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola andina W.Becker Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(5): 591. 1906 [30 Oct 1906] wfo-0000426567
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola andrasovszkyi Javorka Bot. Közlem. 19: 26. 1921 wfo-0000426566
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anglica Drabble J. Bot. 64: 269. 1926 wfo-0000426572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anisopetala Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 97. 1910 wfo-0001240313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anodonta Greene Pittonia 5(26): 32. 1902 [9 Sep 1902] wfo-0000426561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola anomala Kit. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. i. 268 (1833), in obs. wfo-0000426560
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola apetala Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 124. 1782 wfo-0000426580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola appendiculata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 770. wfo-0000426586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arborescens f. latifolia (DC.) Fern.Casado Lagascalia 14(1): 136 (1986):. wfo-0001326615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arborescens f. willkommii Fern.Casado Lagascalia 14(1): 136 (1986), without type, as nom. nov. but contrary to Art. 33.3 ICBN 1983. wfo-0001326553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola argenteria Moraldo & G.Forneris Allionia 28: 51, 52 (1987–88 publ. 1988), nom. nov.:. wfo-0000426575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola argentinensis Speg. Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 178. 1917 wfo-0000426573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arophila Wiesb. in Formanek, Beitr. Mittl. u. Sudl. Mahr. 79 (1886). wfo-0000426690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis subsp. andina W.Becker Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(5): 591. 1906 [30 Oct 1906] wfo-0001368487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis subsp. minima (Gaudin) Mateo, M.B.Crespo & E.Laguna Fl. Valentina 5: 233 2024 wfo-1200095870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis var. anglica (Drabble) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 wfo-1200002743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis var. arvatica (Jord.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 wfo-1200002744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis var. deseglisei (Jord. ex Boreau) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 wfo-1200002745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis var. latifolia (Drabble) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 wfo-1200002746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola arvensis var. segetalis (Jord.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.522222222. 2018 wfo-1200002747
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 wfo-0001397530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola atlantica Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(2): 92. 1897 [28 Feb 1897] wfo-0000426656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola attenuata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 884. 1821 wfo-0000426534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola auricolor Skottsb. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. n.f, 56(5): 130, 260. 1916 wfo-0000426520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola ausonensis Sennen Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32(4-6): 111. 1932 [Apr-Jun 1932] wfo-0000426527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola austroyunnanensis Y.S.Chen Phytotaxa 613(2): 154 2023 wfo-1000055277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola averii Kellogg Pacific Rural Press 1879: 354. wfo-0000426523
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola babiogorensis Zapał. Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1914 B. 461, hybr. wfo-0000426521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola babunensis Erben Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 21(2): 600 (1985). wfo-0000426545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bachtschisaraensis Vl.V.Nikitin Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 86(1): 145. 2001 wfo-0000426529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola badensis Wiesb. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 24: 225 (1874) wfo-0000426530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola balearica Rosselló, Mayol & Mus Boll. Soc. Hist. Nat. Balears 32: 154 (1988), nom. nov.:. wfo-0000426551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola balmesi Sennen Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32(4-6): 112. 1932 [Apr-Jun 1932] wfo-0000426550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola banatica Simonk. Erdely edenyes Fl. (1887) 112. wfo-0000426558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola barbata Muhl. Cat. 25; Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. v. 356. wfo-0000426544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola barceloi L.Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève Ser. 2, xv. 234 (1924). wfo-0000426542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola barhalensis G.Knoche & Marcussen Phytotaxa 275(1): 14. 2016 [16 Sep 2016] [epublished] wfo-0001356694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola barkalovii Bezd. Komarovskie Chteniya (Vladivostok) 48: 102. 2001 wfo-1000035168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola basilensis W.Becker in Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Nat. Ges. xlv. Abh. l. 10, hybr. 1910 wfo-0000426541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola batava Kloos Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1923, 185 (1924), hybr. wfo-0000426540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola baxteri House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 500 (1924) wfo-0000426640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola beati J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores Willdenowia 49(1): 36. 2019 wfo-1000034897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola beckiana subsp. beckiana wfo-1200108505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola beckiana subsp. pascua (W. Becker) Trinajstić wfo-1200112149
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola beebyi Druce List Brit. Pl. 9 (1908), hybr. wfo-0000426636
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola behboudiana Rech.f. & Esfand. Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. lxxxvii. 297 (1950). wfo-0000426635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bellidifolia subsp. typica M.S.Baker Madroño 5: 223. 1940 wfo-0001367904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola beraudii Boreau Fl. Centre France, ed. 3 [Boreau] 2: 76. 1857 wfo-0000426641
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola berggrenii W.Becker Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 107, hybr. 1925 wfo-0000426631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bernardii (Greene) Greene Pittonia 5: 123 (1903) wfo-0001144600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bernoulliana W.Becker in Burnat, Fl. Alp. Marit. iv. 263 (1906). wfo-0000426630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bertolonii Pio De Viola specimen botanico-medicum (1813) wfo-1000080753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bertoti Souché Bull. Soc. Bot. Rochelaise (1892), ex Corbiere. Nouv. Fl. Norm. (1893) 77. wfo-0000426624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bessarabica Zapał. Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1914 B. 459, hybr. wfo-0000426623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola besseri Rupr. Fl. Caucasi 151. 1869 wfo-0000426622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bethkeana Borbás Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 422. 1891 wfo-0000426646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bethkeana Prahl Krit. Fl. Prov. Schlesw.-Holst. ii. (1890) 23. wfo-0000426632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola bethkei K.Richt. Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 221. 1888 wfo-0000426633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola betonicifolia f. betonicifolia wfo-0001327072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola betonicifolia subsp. australiensis W.Becker Botanische Jahrb?cher 54 Beiblatt 120 1917 wfo-0001367338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola betonicifolia subsp. betonicifolia wfo-0001367340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola betonicifolia var. albescens (Nakai) F.Maek. & T.Hashim. J. Jap. Bot. 43: 162 (1968) wfo-1200011786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Viola betonicifolia var. betonicifolia wfo-0001392990