kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Malpighiales »  family Violaceae »  tribus Violeae > genus Viola > Viola sect. Sclerosium Becker/ > Viola sect. Abyssinium Marcussen

Viola eminii (Engl.) R. E. Fr.  

Synonims: Viola abyssinica var. eminii  Engl.; Viola mearnsii Standl.; Viola abyssinica var. ulugurensis Engl. 

1. Viola eminii var. duriprati  (R.E. Fr.) Stork  ( Syn.:  Viola duriprati R.E. Fr.)

2.  Viola eminii var. eminii 

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Distributional Range: EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

Habitat: Afroalpine; on moist ground; in short grass, in woodland or scrub, occasionally in bamboo thickets; montane forest and ericaceous belts; mountain summits among rocks; 2000-4050 m alt. 

Viola eminii is a perennial herb with trailing stems, to 40 cm long, often rooting 

References:

1. Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing

2. Grey-Wilson, C. 1980. Notes on African Violaceae. Kew Bull. 36:125.

3. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi

4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.