Viola japonica

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 japonica Langsd. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 295 (1824).

Heterotypic
- Viola kapsanensis Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 35 (1922).
- Viola metajaponica Nakai, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 192 (1925).
- Viola japonica var. stenopetala Franch. ex H.Boissieu

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts (introduced).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest (introduced).

De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Viola japonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 14. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Viola japonica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Viola japonica. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Viola japonica. Accessed: 14 Jul 2022.

English: Japanese violet
日本語: コスミレ
中文: 犁头草
中文（简体）: 犁头草

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