kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Plagiostigma Godr.  > Viola subsect. Adnatae W. Becker 

Viola amamiana Hatus.

IUCN category: Critically Endangered!

| Bio Lib | | GRIN |

Common Name: amami-sumire (アマミスミレ, 奄美菫 [meaning: Amami Islands viola]) 

Distributional Range:  Native Asia-Temperate EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands (Amami-oshima)]

Habitat: Mountaine streamside rocks

References:

1. Igari, M. 1996. Wild violets of Japan Note: book almost entirely in Japanese

2. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.

3. Yokota, M. et al. 1988. Viola stoloniflora (Violaceae), a new species from the Ryukyus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 101:6.