Viola subsect. Nosphinium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida 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: Viola sect. Nosphinium
Subsectio: Viola subsect. Nosphinium
Species: V. chamissoniana – V. helena – V. kauaensis – V. lanaiensis – V. maviensis – V. oahuensis – V. robusta – V. tracheliifolia – V. wailenalenae

Name

Viola subsect. Nosphinium (W.Becker) Marcussen & H.E.Ballard, Plants [Basel] 11(17)-2224: 68. (2022)

• Type species: Viola chamissoniana Ging., Linnaea 1(3): 408. (1826)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Viola sect. Nosphinium W.Becker, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl], 21: 374. (1925)
• Homotypic
  • Viola [unranked] (”Gruppe”) Sandvicenses W. Becker in Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2, 34: 209. (1917)

References

• Marcussen, T., Ballard, H.E., Danihelka, J., Flores, A.R., Nicola, M.V. & Watson, J.M. 2022. A revised phylogenetic classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11(17), p.2224. DOI: 10.3390/plants11172224 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Viola subsect. Nosphinium. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 1 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Hawaiian Violets