Viola arvensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Subgenus: V. subg. Melanium
Sectio: V. sect. Noverculae
Species: Viola arvensis
Subspecies: V. a. subsp. arvensis – V. a. subsp. megalantha

Name

Viola arvensis Murray, Prod. Stirp. Gott.: 73 (1770).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Viola tricolor var. arvensis (Murray) Pio, Viola: 30 (1813).
- Viola tricolor var. arvensis (Murray) DC., Prodr. 1: 303 1824, comb. superfl.
- Viola tricolor subsp. arvensis (Murray) Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 2: 210 (1828).
- Viola tricolor [unranked] arvensis (Murray) Brügger, Naturg. Beitr. Chur 91 (1874).
- Mnemion arvense (Murray) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 217 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland (introduced), Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira (introduced).
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Primorye, Sakhalin (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Manchuria (introduced).
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Korea, Taiwan (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Greenland.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California, Utah.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South.
Continental: Antarctic (introduced)
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Falkland Islands.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Murray, J.A. 1770. Prodromus Designationis Stirpium Gottingensium. 252 pp. Io. Chr. Dieterich, Gottingae. BHL Reference page.

Links

Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collborators 2024. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 14. March 2024. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Viola arvensis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 06 2017.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Viola arvensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Viola arvensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: O6 Oct. 2017.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Фіялка палявая
čeština: Violka rolní
dansk: Ager-Stedmoderblomst
Deutsch: Acker-Stiefmütterchen
English: Field Pansy
eesti: Põldkannike
suomi: Pelto-orvokki
français: Pensée des champs
Frysk: Miedesweltsje
Gàidhlig: Luibh Cridhe
magyar: Mezei árvácska
lietuvių: Dirvinė našlaitė
Nederlands: Akkerviooltje
polski: Fiołek polny
português: Violeta-dos-campos
русский: Фиалка полевая
davvisámegiella: Bealdoviola
slovenčina: Fialka roľná
svenska: Åkerviol

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