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Viola arguta Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

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Syn.: Viola arguta subsp. meridionalis W. Becker, Viola arguta var. meridionalis (W. Becker) L. B. Sm. et A. Fernández, Viola arguta subsp. typica W. Becker, Viola corchorifolia Dombey ex Ging.,Viola punicea Ruiz et Pav. ex Ging. 

Distributional Range: Native Southern America WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador, [Azuay, Bolívar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Imbabura, Loja, Morona Santiago, Pichincha, Zamora Chinchipe] Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Huancavelica, Huánuco, La Libertad, Piura]

Distribution and ecology — Distribution: mountains of northwest South America, occurs in the Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes. Ecology: Grows in humid mountain forests,  in shrubby vegetation on banks of watercourses, at pastures and around roads, at altitudes from 2200 to 3500 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. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75