Viola

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Viola arvensis Field Pansy	Species		4 images
Viola canina Heath Dog-violet	Species	1 subtaxa	8 images
Viola canina x persicifolia = V. x ritschliana a species hybrid of flowering plants	Species hybrid		12 images
Viola hirta Hairy Violet	Species		36 images
Viola lactea Pale Dog-violet	Species		14 images
Viola lutea Mountain Pansy	Species		12 images	1 ident. refs
Viola odorata Sweet Violet	Species	4 subtaxa	28 images
Viola palustris Marsh Violet	Species	1 subtaxa	7 images
Viola persicifolia Fen Violet	Species		7 images
Viola reichenbachiana Early Dog-violet	Species		12 images	2 ident. refs
Viola reichenbachiana x riviniana (V. x bavarica) a violet	Species hybrid			1 ident. refs
Viola riviniana Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet	Species		30 images	1 ident. refs
Viola tricolor Wild Pansy	Species	2 subtaxa	26 images
[Viola reichenbachiana/riviniana] a violet	Informal	3 subtaxa	42 images	8 ident. refs

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Viola	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
	Gregory, E.S.	1912	* British Violets *(Superseded)	130pp, W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge

Viola (violets, pansies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

VIOLACEAE
(violets, pansies)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Viola (violets, pansies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 178 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Viola (violets, pansies)

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Genus	Viola (violets, pansies)
Family	VIOLACEAE (violets, pansies)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Viola L.
(violets, pansies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Viola is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)