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 wallichiana Ging. 

• (=) 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:

1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.

2. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.

3. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: lists as Viola wallichiana Ging. ex DC.

4. Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. 1984. Flowers of the Himalaya Note: lists as Viola wallichiana Ging. ex DC.

5. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.