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 sumatrana Miq.

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Synon.: Viola hossei W. Becker. 

Distributional Range: Native Asia-Tropical INDO-CHINA: China [Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S Yunnan], Myanmar, Thailand MALESIA: Indonesia, [Sumatera] Malaysia.

Habitat: Shaded forests, forest margins, streamsides, rock crevices along streamsides; below 2400 m.  

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:

1. Okamoto, M. 1984. A new species of Viola collected in East Kalimantan, with notes on seed dispersal of the allied species concerned. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. 37:13.

2. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.

3. Flora of China Chen 2007 PDF