Viola abyssinica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Viola abyssinica Steud. ex Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 105 (1868).

Heterotypic
- Viola abyssinica var. usambarensis R.E.Fr., Acta Horti Berg. 8: 5 (1923).
- Viola emirnensis Bojer ex Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 105 (1868).
- Viola zongia Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 9: 300 (1868).

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Sudan.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Northern Provinces.
- West Tropical Africa
  - Nigeria.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.

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