Violaceae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Violaceae
Genera: Afrohybanthus – Agatea – Allexis – Amphirrhox – Anchietea – Bribria – Calyptrion – Cubelium – Decorsella – Fusispermum – Gloeospermum – Hekkingia – Hybanthopsis – Hybanthus – Isodendrion – Ixchelia – Leonia – Mayanaea – Melicytus – Noisettia – Orthion – Paypayrola – Phyllanoa – Pigea – Pombalia – Rinorea – Rinoreocarpus – Schweiggeria – Scyphellandra – Viola

Name

Violaceae Batsch, Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 57. (1802) nom. cons.

Type genus: Viola L., Sp. Pl. 2: 933. (1753)

Note: This is a view of Violaceae s.l. without tribes and subtribes see Discussion Page.

References

Primary references

Batsch, A.J.G.K. 1802. Tabula Affinitatum Regni Vegetabilis 57.

Additional references

Ballard, H.E., Kartesz, J.T. & Nishino, M. 2023. A taxonomic treatment of the violets (Violaceae) of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 150(1): 3–266. DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-22-00029.1 Reference page.
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (eds). 2018. The Global Flora, Vol. 4: Special Edition, GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. Plant Gateway Ltd., Bradford. ISBN 978-0-9929993-5-3 PDF Reference page.
Flicker, B. & Ballard, H.E. 2015. Afrohybanthus (Violaceae), a new genus for a distinctive and widely distributed Old World hybanthoid lineage. Phytotaxa 230(1): 39-53. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.230.1.3 PDF Reference page.
Forster, P.I. 2021. Reinstatement of Pigea Gin., an earlier generic name for the spade flowers previously included in Afrohybanthus Flicker (Violaceae). Austrobaileya 11: 26-33. PDF Reference page.
Hoyos-Gómez, S.E. 2015. The Evolution of Violaceae from an Anatomical and Morphological Perspective. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 100(4): 393–406. DOI: 10.3417/2012027 Reference page.
Munzinger, J.K. & Ballard, H.E. 2003. Hekkingia (Violaceae), a new arborescent violet genus from French Guiana, with a key to genera in the family. Systematic Botany 28(2): 345-351. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.345 ResearchGate Reference page.
Paula-Souza, J.D. & Ballard Jr, H.E. 2014. Re-establishment of the name Pombalia, and new combinations from the polyphyletic Hybanthus (Violaceae). Phytotaxa 183(1): 1-15. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.183.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.
de Paula-Souza, J. & Pirani, J.R. 2014. Reestablishment of Calyptrion (Violaceae). Taxon 63(6): 1335-1339. DOI: 10.12705/636.7 ResearchGate Reference page.
Sun, M., Naeem, R., Su, J.X., Cao, Z.Y., Burleigh, J.G., Soltis, P.S., Soltis, D.E. & Chen, Z.D. 2016. Phylogeny of the Rosidae: A dense taxon sampling analysis. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 54(4): 363–391. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12211 Reference page.
Wahlert, G.A., Marcussen, T., de Paula-Souza, J., Feng, M. & Ballard Jr, H.E. 2014. A phylogeny of the Violaceae (Malpighiales) inferred from plastid DNA sequences: implications for generic diversity and intrafamilial classification. Systematic Botany 39(1): 239-252. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678008 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Wahlert, G.A., Ballard, H.E. & de Paula-Souza, J. 2015. Ixchelia, a new genus of Violaceae from Mexico and Mesoamerica. Brittonia 67(4): 273-283. DOI: