List of Viola species

This is a list of species in the plant genus Viola, often known as violets or pansies.

Viola is the largest genus in the family Violaceae, containing between 525 and 600 species.^[1]^[2]

(Note: Neither Saintpaulia ("African violets") nor Erythronium dens-canis ("dogtooth violet") are related to the true violets.)

Species include:^[3]

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Hybrids

Known hybrids in genus Viola include:

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^ ^a ^b Ning, Z. L., et al. (2012). Viola jinggangshanensis (Violaceae), a new species from Jiangxi, China. Annales Botanici Fennici 49(5) 383-86.
^ ^a ^b Zhou, J. S., et al. (2008). Viola nanlingensis (Violaceae), a new species from Guangdong, southern China. Annales Botanici Fennici 45(3) 233-36.
^ Viola. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
^ Zhou, J. S. and F. W. Xing. (2007). Viola changii sp. nov.(Violaceae) from Guangdong, southern China. Nordic Journal of Botany 25(5‐6) 303-05.
^ Anqiang, D., et al. (2009). A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Guangdong, China. Novon 19(4) 457-60.
^ ^a ^b Chen, Y. S. and Q. E. Yang. (2009). Two new stoloniferous species of Viola (Violaceae) from China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159(2) 349-56.
^ Chen, Y. S. and Q. E. Yang. (2005). A new species of Viola L.(Violaceae) from Sichuan, China. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 149(3) 365-68.
^ Viola yedoensis. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).