Viola japonica

Taxonavigation

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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
Species: Viola japonica

Name

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Viola japonica Langsd. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 295 (1824).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Viola kapsanensis Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 35 (1922).
    • Viola metajaponica Nakai, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 192 (1925).
    • Viola japonica var. stenopetala Franch. ex H.Boissieu

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts (introduced).
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest (introduced).

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

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Japanese violet
日本語: コスミレ
中文: 犁头草
中文(简体): 犁头草


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