Viola suavis

Viola suavis

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

Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Subgenus: Viola subg. Viola
Sectio: V. sect. Viola
Subsectio: V. subsect. Viola
Species: Viola suavis
Subspecies: V. s. subsp. adriatica – V. s. subsp. austrodalmatica – V. s. subsp. naqshii – V. s. subsp. suavis

Name

Viola suavis M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 164 (1819).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Viola odorata var. suavis (M.Bieb.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 458 (1867).
  • Viola odorata subsp. suavis (M.Bieb.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 78 (1878).
  • Viola suavis subsp. cyanea (M.Bieb.) P.Fourn., Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 53 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Eastern Europe Central European Russia, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Spain. Africa Northern Africa Algeria (Doubtful), Morocco. Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Western Asia East Aegean Is., Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1819. Flora Taurico-Caucasica. Tomus 3. Supplementum, continens plantas phaenogamas, per Tauriam utque Caucasum, post edita priore volumine detectas, et in pristinas animadversiones. 655 pp., Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1965. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 1 (Pteridophyta to Polygalaceae). 567 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1968. Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. xxvii + 455 pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page. 
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2012. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume 3(2): [Magnoliaceae – Thymelaeaceae]. 623 pp., KMK Scientific Press, Sankt-Peterburg & Moskova. ISBN 978-5-87317-879-7. DJVU. Reference page. 
• Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając, A., Zając, M. 2020. Vascular Plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. 526 pp., W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-62975-45-7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Viola suavis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Viola suavis. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Viola suavis. Accessed: 27 Feb 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Viola suavis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 27. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• čeština: Violka křovištní
• English: Russian violet
• suomi: Samettiorvokki
• français: Violette suave

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