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section Viola sect. Andinium W. Becker 

Viola pygmaea Juss. ex Poir  

Distributional Range: Native Southern America WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, [Azuay] Peru [Ancash, Cusco, Puno]

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• Distribution and ecology : occurs in Bolivia, department of La Paz, Peru, departments from Ancash, Cuzco, Puno  and Cajamarca, and in Ecuador, province of Azuay . In Argentina V. pygmaea is only present in the province of Salta.  Grows in mountain regions between 3000-4850 m

References:

1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45

2. Jørgensen, P. M. & Ballard, H. E. 1999. Violaceae, en P. M. Jørgensen, & S. León-Yánez (eds.), Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 943-946. 

3.  Sanso, A. M., Simonetti, E. & Xifreda, C. C. 2003