kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales » family Violaceae » tribus Violeae > genus Viola > section Viola sect. Chamaemelanium Ging. > Viola subsect. Biflorae J. C. Clausen
(=) Viola reniformis Wall.
西藏细距堇菜 xi zang xi ju jin cai
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Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate CHINA: China [Xizang Zizhiqu] Asia-Tropical INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Sikkim, West Bengal] Nepal
Habitat: Occurs in rock crevices in forest understories in the Himalayas, from C Nepal to Bhutan, at altitudes of 2800-3700m (ca. 2900 m. in the Xizang )
References:
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: lists as Viola wallichiana Ging. ex DC.
Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. 1984. Flowers of the Himalaya Note: lists as Viola wallichiana Ging. ex DC.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.