Viola Jinggangshanensis(Violaceae), a New Species from Jiangxi, China

2012/11/01 by Zulin Ning, Zhen-Xin Zeng, Ling Chen +2 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Biochemical and Structural Characterization #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Violaceae #Sepal #Petal #Biology #Viola #Botany #Stamen #Physics

paper · doi:10.5735/085.049.0610

openalex publication_date 2012/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Jiangxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. Viola jinggangshanensis Z.L. Ning & J.P. Liao is the sixth species in Viola sect. Diffusae, and is distinct from the sympatric V. diffusa by having conspicuously stipitate spherical glands on the lateral petals, sepals with dark-red spots, leaf blade adaxially dark green, abaxially purplish, both surfaces densely papillose-hispid, base of leaves shallowly cordate or truncate, narrowly decurrent on petioles, and capsules ovoid-orbicular, 3–4 mm long and 1.5–2 mm in diameter.

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• Shrinking the Violets: Phylogenetic Relationships of Infrageneric Groups in Viola (Violaceae) Based on Internal Transcribed Spacer DNA Sequences
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