[1.2] Viola sect. Ericoidium

Viola sect. Ericoidium J. M. Watson, A. R. Flores & Marcussen

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

Type species:Viola fluehmannii Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 81: 346. 1892.

Diagnostic characters.—Perennial dwarf ericoid subshrublets.

Included species.—1. 

Viola fluehmannii Phil.

Distribution.—The sole species of this section is limited mainly to the southern Chilean regions of Bío Bío, Araucania [its centre of concentration] and Los Rios. It also occurs rarely in adjacent Neuquén Province, Argentina.

Etymology: The epithet refers to the Erica-like appearance of the only 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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