[1.11] Viola sect. Xylobasis

Viola sect. Xylobasis J.M.Watson & A. R. Flores 

in Watson et al., Viola Subg. Andinium: 191. 2021.

Type species: Viola beati J.M. Watson & A.R. Flores, Willdenowia 49(1): 36. 2019.

Diagnostic characters.—Perennial hairy, rosette-forming herbs. Stem shortly woodybranched.

Included species.—1. 

Viola beati J. M. Watson & A. R. Flores

Distribution.—A monotypic section whose single-site component is an endemic of the Andes of Catamarca Province, northwestern Argentina

Etymology: The epithet is derived from the Greek Xylon, meaning wood or woody in combination with basis, base or basal, and refers to the basal stems of the one known species.

1. Marcussen, T. et al. A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11, 2224 (2022). p. 42

2. Watson, J.M., Flores, A.R., Nicola, M.V. & Marcussen, T. (2022) Viola subgenus Neoandinium, Preliminary Monograph. International Rock Gardener: Glasgow, UK, pp. 191. [https://www.srgc.net/documents/publications/Viola%20monograph.pdf]

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