Viola yunnanensis

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: Viola sect. Plagiostigma
Subsectio: Viola subsect. Diffusae
Species: Viola yunnanensis

Name

Viola yunnanensis W.Becker & H.Boissieu, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 740 (1908).

• Typus: China: Yunnan: Baoding Xian, Tiaoluo Shan. 21 Dec. 1954. Tiaoluo Exped. 3207. (Holotype: PE).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Viola curvistylis H.Boissieu & Captin., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 57: 339 (1910).
  • Viola ovalifolia W.Becker, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 256 (1916).
  • Viola malvina Ridl., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 8(4): 15 (1917).
  • Viola lecomteana W.Becker ex Gagnep., in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine, Suppl. 1: 181 (1939).
  • Viola tonkinensis Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 600 (1938 publ. 1939).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Borneo. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Chen, Y., Yang, Q., Ohba, H. & Nikitin, V.V. 2007. Viola yunnanensis. Pp. 89 in Wu, Zh.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 13: Clusiaceae through Araliaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-59-7. efloras Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Viola yunnanensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Feb 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Viola yunnanensis. Published online. Accessed: 24 Feb 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Viola yunnanensis. Accessed: 24 Feb 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Viola yunnanensis. 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 24. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

中文: 云南堇菜