Biology:Viola stipularis
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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. stipularis
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Viola stipularis, is a species of violet that grows in southern Central America, some Caribbean islands and northern South America; from Costa Rica and Guadeloupe south to Peru.[1]
Description
Herb 20–30 cm tall, spreading by creeping rhizomes.[2][3][4] Petioles up to 8 mm long, surrounded by fringed triangular stipules up to 2 cm long.[3][4] Leaves elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, up to 9.5 cm long and 3.4 cm wide, margin serrate or crenate, sometimes dentate, apex acuminate, base cuneate.[2][3][4] Flowers with thin pedicels up to 6 cm long, petals pinkish, lavender or bluish-white, blue-veined; lower petal obovate, the upper ones oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic; up to 9 mm long and 4.5 mm wide; all petals with rounded apex; spur ca 1 mm long; anthers and ovary about almost 2 cm long.[2][3][4] Fruit, an ellipsoid capsule 6–7 mm long containing seeds ca 1 mm long.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles and northern South America south to Peru, in forested hills and montane forests between (150-) 840–3400 m.[1][3][4]
Ecology
V. stipularis can be found in open areas or near summits.[2] It is a colonizer of disturbed habitats such as volcanic debris, and natural or human-caused landslides.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tropicos | Name - !Viola stipularis Sw.". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/33800542.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nicolson, D.H. et al. (1991). "Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledoneae" (in en). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany no.77: 228. ISSN 0081-024X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Francis, Macbride, J. (1941). "Flora of Peru /" (in en). Fieldiana v.13:pt.4:no.1 (1941) [Elatinaceae]: 79. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2398750.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Woodson Jr., R. et al. (1967). "Flora of Panama. Part VI." (in en). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (Missouri Botanical Garden) 54 (1): 82. doi:10.2307/2394885.
- ↑ Howard, R. A.; Portecop, J.; De Montaignac, P. (1980). "The post-eruptive vegetation of La Soufrière, Guadeloupe, 1977–1979" (in en). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 61 (4): 762.
- ↑ Lozano, P.; Bussmann, R. W.; Küppers, M. (2007). "A checklist of pioneer plant regeneration on natural and anthropogenic landslides on the eastern side of Podocarpus National Park -Southern Ecuador". Redesma 1 (2).
Wikidata ☰ Q15388484 entry
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