Biology:Viola imbricata
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Short description: Species of plant
| Viola imbricata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Violaceae |
| Genus: | Viola |
| Species: | V. imbricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Viola imbricata K.Menegoz & J.L.Celis-Diez
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Viola imbricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae. It is endemic to the Andes in Central Chile. It was described in 2024.[1] It is circumscribed within subgenus Neoandinium, which is composed by circa 140 species commonly known as Andean rosulate violas, distributed between the equator and southern Patagonia.[2] This species is threatened by land use and climate change.[1]
Ecology
Native Hymenoptera from the genera Liphanthus and Hypodynerus were recorded visiting the flowers of Viola imbricata. Larvae of the lepidopteran Yramea lathonioides was observed feeding on the plant.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Menegoz, Kora; Watson, John M.; Flores, Ana R.; Cofré-Valenzuela, Pedro E.; Ortúzar-Simonetti, Marcelo A.; Celis-Diez, Juan L. (2024-12-18). "Viola imbricata (Violaceae) a newly discovered local endemic of subgenus Neoandinium from the Andes of Maule and Ñuble Regions, central Chile" (in en). Phytotaxa 677 (3): 218–232. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.677.3.3. ISSN 1179-3163. https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.677.3.3.
- ↑ Marcussen, Thomas; Ballard, Harvey E.; Danihelka, Jiří; Flores, Ana R.; Nicola, Marcela V.; Watson, John M. (2022). "A Revised Phylogenetic Classification for Viola (Violaceae)" (in en). Plants 11 (17): 2224. doi:10.3390/plants11172224. ISSN 2223-7747. PMID 36079606. Bibcode: 2022Plnts..11.2224M.
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