[1.4] Viola sect. Inconspicuiflos

Viola Sect. Inconspicuiflos J.M. Watson & A.R. Flores

in Watson et al., Viola Subg. Andinium: 192. 2021.

Type species: Viola lilliputana Iltis & H. E. Ballard

Diagnostic characters.—Dwarf, cushion forming plants, glabrous or with indumentum. Corolla notably small, the upper and lateral petals distinctly larger than the inferior.

Included species.—8. 

Viola blefescudiana, ined., 

V. diminutiva, ined., 

V. enmae P. Gonzáles,

V. lilliputana Iltis & H. E. Ballard, 

V. membranacea W. Becker, 

V. quasimelanium H. Beltrán & J. M. Watson, ined., 

V. quercifolia, ined., 

V. weibelii J. F. Macbr

Distribution.—The section is endemic to Peru.

Etymology: Inconspicuiflos, with flowers which are not easily seen, draws attention to the most significant common morphological feature of the alliance, which also differentiates taxa of the section from all others of subgen. Neoandinium with the same distribution

1. Marcussen, T. et al. A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae). Plants 11, 2224 (2022). p. -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. 192

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