Biology:Viola rafinesquei

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Viola rafinesquei
Viola bicolor jamestown1.jpg
A light morph flower growing in a sandy field along the mouth of the James River in southeastern Virginia

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species:
V. rafinesqueii
Binomial name
Viola rafinesqueii
Greene
Synonyms[2]
  • Viola kitaibeliana var. rafinesquei Mnemion rafinesquei
  • (Greene) Nieuwl. Webb
  • (Greene) Fernald Viola rafinesquei f. minor
  • Viola bicolor Moldenke
  • Mnemion tenellum Pursh

Viola rafinesquei (syn. Viola bicolor), commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America.[2] There has been some debate as to whether the plant is native there or if it was introduced from the Old World as a variety of Viola kitaibeliana, but it is now generally thought to be native to the North America.[3] It is common in disturbed habitats but is also found in fields and open woods on substrates ranging from sandy soil to clay to limestone.[4][5][6]

References

  1. "Viola bicolor". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Viola+bicolor+. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Viola rafinesquei Greene". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266911-2. 
  3. Flora of North America
  4. Clausen, Jen; Channell, R.B.; Nur, Uzi (1964), "Viola rafinesquii, the only Melanium violet native to North America", Rhodora 66 (17) 
  5. McKinney, Landon E.; Russel, Norman H. (2002), "Violaceae of the Southeastern United States", Castanea 67 (4): 369–379 
  6. Hayden, W. John; Clough, John (1990), "Methyl Salicylate Secretory Cells in Roots of Viola arvensis and V. rafinesquii (Violaceae)", Castanea 55 (1): 65–70 


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