Viola angustifolia

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Viola angustifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. angustifolia
Binomial name
Viola angustifolia
Phil.
Synonyms

Viola wikipedia J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores (nom. illeg.)

Viola angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Viola.

Taxonomy

This species was first

Rudolph Amandus Philippi
.

In 2019 the husband-and-wife team

botanist Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz, in the famous Prodromus of Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle. However, this publication cites it as a nomen nudum synonymous to the species Pigea banksiana, which is now known as Hybanthus enneaspermus. The name had been proposed on a specimen sheet collected in India, but had never been validly published. As such, this name is what is known as a pro synonymo, a name which cannot be considered as validly published because it is merely a synonymy citation. Therefore, Philippi's description is in fact the first valid publication of the name "V. angustifolia", and V. wikipedia is thus a superfluous and illegitimate name.[3][4]

Description

It is closely related to V. acanthophylla, V. bustillosia, and V. cheeseana, the latter being newly described by Watson and Flores.[2] It is differentiated from these other species by having a "leaf margin shallowly long-serrate. Peduncle clearly shorter than leaves".[2]

Distribution

The species is presumed to be endemic to the Santiago region of Chile.[2] It is known only from a specimen collected in 1855.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ "Contributors" (PDF). Rock Garden Quarterly. Winter 2012–2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01. John Watson lives in Chile with his wife and working partner, Anita Flores (Ana R. Flores for formal publications).
  2. ^ a b c d e Watson, J.M. (2019). "Lest we forget. A new identity and status for a Viola of section Andinium W. Becker; named for an old and treasured friend and companion. Plus another..." (PDF). International Rock Gardener (117): 47–. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "Viola angustifolia". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Viola wikipedia". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ Philippi, R.A. (1857) Plantarum novarum chilensium. Centuria prima. Linnaea 28: 612.