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

Viola verecunda A. Gray > Viola arcuata Blume ( accepted name)

Synonim of  > Viola arcuata Blume,  巫山堇菜 wu shan jin cai ; ツボスミレ(坪菫)  | eFlora of China |  Bio Lib | GRIN| A PAO garden|mikawanoyasou

Flora of Taiwan

Viola verecunda A. Gray | Bio Lib | GRIN| Violet in Japan | Wild plants in and around Shimane |forests.world | plantarium.ru|botanic.jp plants|

Viola verecunda / Tsubosumire ツボスミレ ; にょいすみれ ; ニョイスミレ 

varietas Viola verecunda var. verecunda 

varietas Viola verecunda var. yakusimana  (Nakai) Ohwi

Distributional Range: Asia-Temperate MONGOLIA: Mongolia RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Primorye, Amur, Sakhalin] CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu] EASTERN ASIA: Japan, [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku] Korea, Taiwan Asia-Tropical INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam MALESIA: Malaysia

Habitat:  Moist and marshy places, grasslands, grassy places on mountain slopes, thickets, forest margins, fields, alongside houses; usually at lower elevation, below 3000 m 

Synonims of VIola arcuata Blume: Viola alata Burgersdijk; V. alata subsp. verecunda (A. Gray) W. Becker; V. amurica W. Becker; V. arcuata f. radicans (Makino) Nakai; V. arcuata var. verecunda (A. Gray) Nakai; V. distans Wallich; V. excisa Hance; V. hupeiana W. Becker; V. verecunda A. Gray; V. verecunda f. hensoaensis Kudo & Sasaki; V. verecunda f. radicans Makino; V. verecunda var. semilunaris Maximowicz. 

References:

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

2. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.

3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

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

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

6. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.

7. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

8. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.

9. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).

10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Viola arcuata Blume