[1.3] Viola sect. Grandiflos

Viola sect. Grandiflos J. M. Watson, A. R. Flores & Marcussen in Watson et al., Viola Subg. Andinium: 190. 2021.

—Type: Viola truncata Meyen.

Diagnostic characters.—Perennial subacaulous, rosette-forming herbs. Rosette loose, irregular, not imbricated, radiating, not depressed. Lamina narrow, oblanceolate-spathulate, flexible, acute, entire, dentate or pinnatifid, never crenate. Corolla large, prominent, c. 15 × 15 mm, twice as wide as lamina or more.

Included species.—6. 

Viola acanthophylla Leyb. ex Reiche, V. angustifolia Phil., V. belovorum J. M. Watson & A. R. Flores, ined., V. bustillosia Gay, V. cheeseana J. M. Watson, V. truncata Meyen

Distribution.—Central Chile.

References:

1. Marcussen, T. et al. A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11, 2224 (2022). p. 39-40

 2. Watson, J. M., Flores, A. R., Nicola, M. V. & Marcussen, T. Viola subgenus  Neoandinum preliminary monograph Published by Scottish Rock  Garden Club with International Rock Gardener ISSN 2053-7557. Int. Rock Gard. (2021). p. 190

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