Il Genere Viola - Viola nitida Y.S. Chen & Q.E. Yang

Viola nitida Y.S. Chen & Q.E. Yang

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

Viola nitida Y.S. Chen & Q.E. Yang

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Distributional Range: Native Asia-Temperate CHINA: China [N Guangxi, S Guizhou SW Hunan] Endemic

Habitat: grows in sandy soil or rocky crevices along streamside at altitudes of 300–1100 m

Etymology: The epithet ‘nitida’ of the new species refers to the shiny adaxial surface of the leaf blade.

Description: Viola nitida is similar to V. fargesii H.Boissieu, but differs in the plant being evergreen and glabrous throughout, the leaf blades glossy above and cuneate or shallowly cordate at the base, with serrate margins, and the sepals and capsules smaller

References:

‐Chen Y-S. et al. Two new stoloniferous species of Viola (Violaceae) from ChinaBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 159, 349–356. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00911.x

Viola nitida (photographed by Y.S.Chen). Fig. 3, habit. Fig. 4, flower in front view. Fig. 5, flower in side view. Fig. 6, fruit.

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