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Viola L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 22030

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	violettes [French]
		violet [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Rosanae
	Order	Malpighiales
	Family	Violaceae – violets, violettes
	Genus	Viola L. – violettes, violet
		Direct Children:
	Species	Viola adunca Sm. – blue violet, hook violet, hookedspur violet
	Species	Viola arvensis Murray – field violet, wild pansy, European field pansy
	Species	Viola bakeri Greene – Baker's violet
	Species	Viola beckwithii Torr. & A. Gray – Beckwith's violet
	Species	Viola bicolor Pursh – field pansy
	Species	Viola biflora L. – arctic yellow violet
	Species	Viola X bissellii House – Bissell's violet
	Species	Viola blanda Willd. – sweet white violet
	Species	Viola X brauniae Grover ex Cooperr. – Braun's violet
	Species	Viola canadensis L. – Canadian white violet, Canada violet
	Species	Viola canina L. – heath dog violet, dog violet
	Species	Viola chamissoniana Ging. – olopu
	Species	Viola X champlainensis House
	Species	Viola charlestonensis M.S. Baker & J.C. Clausen – Charleston Mountain violet, limestone violet
	Species	Viola clauseniana Baker – Clausen's violet
	Species	Viola X conjugens Greene (pro sp.) – northern bog violet
	Species	Viola X consobrina House – violet
	Species	Viola X consocia House – violet
	Species	Viola X cooperrideri H.E. Ballard
	Species	Viola X cordifolia (Nutt.) Schwein. (pro sp.) – violet
	Species	Viola cucullata Aiton – marsh blue violet
	Species	Viola cuneata S. Watson – wedgeleaf violet
	Species	Viola X davisii House – Davis' violet
	Species	Viola X dissita House
	Species	Viola douglasii Steud. – Douglas' golden violet
	Species	Viola X eamesii House – Eames' violet
	Species	Viola X eclipes H.E. Ballard – violet
	Species	Viola epipsila Ledeb. – dwarf marsh violet
	Species	Viola X filicetorum Greene (pro sp.) – violet
	Species	Viola flettii Piper – Flett's violet, Olympic violet
	Species	Viola frank-smithii N.H. Holmgren – Frank-Smith's violet
	Species	Viola glabella Nutt. – pioneer violet
	Species	Viola X greenmanii House
	Species	Viola guadalupensis A.M. Powell & Wauer – Guadalupe Mountain violet, Guadalupe violet
	Species	Viola hallii A. Gray – Oregon violet
	Species	Viola hastata Michx. – halberdleaf yellow violet
	Species	Viola helenae C.N. Forbes & Lydgate – Wahiawa stream violet
	Species	Viola hirsutula Brainerd – southern woodland violet
	Species	Viola X hollickii House – Hollick's violet
	Species	Viola howellii A. Gray – Howell's violet
	Species	Viola X insessa House
	Species	Viola X insolita House – violet
	Species	Viola kauaensis A. Gray – pohe hiwa
	Species	Viola labradorica Schrank – alpine violet
	Species	Viola lanaiensis W. Becker – Hawai'i violet
	Species	Viola lanceolata L. – lanceleaf violet, bog white violet
	Species	Viola langsdorffii Fisch. ex Ging. – Aleutian violet
	Species	Viola lithion N.H. Holmgren & P.K. Holmgren – rock violet
	Species	Viola lobata Benth. – pine violet
	Species	Viola X luciae Skottsb. – Lucy's violet
	Species	Viola macloskeyi F.E. Lloyd – Macloskey's violet, small white violet
	Species	Viola X malteana House – violet
	Species	Viola maviensis H. Mann – Hawai'i bog violet
	Species	Viola X melissifolia Greene
	Species	Viola mirabilis L. – wonder violet
	Species	Viola X mistura House (pro sp.) – violet
	Species	Viola X modesta House – violet
	Species	Viola X mollicula House
	Species	Viola X mulfordiae Pollard (pro sp.) – Mulford's violet
	Species	Viola X napae House
	Species	Viola X notabilis E.P. Bicknell (pro sp.) – violet
	Species	Viola nuttallii Pursh – yellow prairie violet, Nuttall's violet
	Species	Viola oahuensis C.N. Forbes – Oahu violet
	Species	Viola ocellata Torr. & A. Gray – pinto violet
	Species	Viola odorata L. – sweet violet
	Species	Viola orbiculata Geyer ex Holz. – darkwoods violet
	Species	Viola palmata L. – trilobed violet, three-lobe violet, wood violet, early blue violet
	Species	Viola palustris L. – marsh violet
	Species	Viola patrinii DC. – China violet
	Species	Viola pedata L. – birdfoot violet
	Species	Viola pedatifida G. Don – crow-foot violet, prairie violet
	Species	Viola pedunculata Torr. & A. Gray – Johnny-jump-up
	Species	Viola pinetorum Greene – goosefoot yellow violet
	Species	Viola X populifolia Greene (pro sp.) – Peck's violet
	Species	Viola X porteriana Pollard (pro sp.) – Porter's violet
	Species	Viola praemorsa Douglas ex Lindl. – Astoria violet, canary violet
	Species	Viola primulifolia L.
	Species	Viola pubescens Aiton – downy yellow violet
	Species	Viola purpurea Kellogg – goose-foot yellow violet, pine violet, goosefoot violet
	Species	Viola X ravida House – violet
	Species	Viola X redacta House – violet
	Species	Viola renifolia A. Gray – northern white violet, white violet
	Species	Viola X robinsoniana House
	Species	Viola rostrata Pursh – long-spur violet, violette à long éperon, longspur violet
	Species	Viola rotundifolia Michx. – roundleaf violet, violette à feuilles rondes, roundleaf yellow violet
	Species	Viola X ryoniae House – Ryon's violet
	Species	Viola sagittata Aiton – arrow-leaved violet, violette sagittée, arrowleaf violet
	Species	Viola selkirkii Pursh ex Goldie – Selkirk's violet
	Species	Viola sempervirens Greene – evergreen violet
	Species	Viola septemloba Leconte – southern coastal violet
	Species	Viola sheltonii Torr. – Shelton's violet
	Species	Viola X slavinii House – Slavin's violet
	Species	Viola sororia Willd. – hooded blue violet, common blue violet
	Species	Viola striata Aiton – striped cream violet
	Species	Viola X subaffinis House
	Species	Viola sublanceolata House (pro. hybr.) – lanceleaf violet
	Species	Viola X subsinuata (Greene) Greene (pro sp.)
	Species	Viola tomentosa M.S. Baker & J.C. Clausen – feltleaf violet
	Species	Viola tricolor L. – pansy violet, Johnny-jump-up
	Species	Viola trinervata (Howell) Howell ex A. Gray – Rainier violet
	Species	Viola tripartita Elliott – threepart violet
	Species	Viola umbraticola Kunth – Ponderosa violet
	Species	Viola utahensis M.S. Baker & J.C. Clausen – Utah violet
	Species	Viola vallicola A. Nelson – valley violet, sagebrush violet
	Species	Viola villosa Walter – violet, Carolina violet
	Species	Viola wailenalenae (Rock) Skottsb. – Alakai Swamp violet
	Species	Viola walteri House – prostrate blue violet
	Species	Viola X wittrockiana Gams. – Wittrock's violet
	Species	Viola X wujekii H.E. Ballard

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	violettes[French]

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Viola

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Viola

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Viola

	Source:	Violaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Viola

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