Open AccessA new species of Viola L. (Violaceae) from Sichuan, China
Author(s) -
CHEN YOUSHENG,
YANG QINER
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00447.x
Subject(s) - violaceae , biology , viola , china , botany , archaeology , geography , art , piano , art history
Viola muliensisY.S. Chen & Q.E. Yang, a new species of Viola L. (Violaceae) from Sichuan, China, is described and illustrated. Viola muliensis is endemic to Muli County, south‐western Sichuan. This new species has yellow flowers with very short spurs and belongs to subsection Brevicalcaratae W. Beck., section Dischidium Ging. It is distinguished from other related species by having pedatipartite leaves. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 149 , 365–368.