VIOLACEAE

'Violaceae' (alternatively 'Alsodeiaceae' J.G.Agardh, 'Leoniaceae' DC. and 'Retrosepalaceae' Dulac) is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus ''Viola'', the ''violets'' and pansies.
Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales. However, newer classifications such as that of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group locate it in the Malpighiales.

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Taxonomy

Subfamily Fusispermoideae

Subfamily Leonioideae

Subfamily Violoideae

Tribe Rinoreeae

Subtribe Hymenantherinae

Subtribe Isodendriinae

Subtribe Paypayrolinae

Subtribe Rinoreinae

Tribe Violeae

External links

Taxonomy

Three subfamilies are recognized: the Violoideae, the Leonioideae and the Fusispermoideae.

Subfamily Fusispermoideae

★ ''Fusispermum'' Cuatrec.

Subfamily Leonioideae

★ ''Leonia'' Ruiz & Pav.

Subfamily Violoideae

Tribe Rinoreeae

Subtribe Hymenantherinae

★ ''Hymenanthera'' R.Br.

★ ''Melicytus'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Subtribe Isodendriinae

★ ''Isodendrion'' A.Gray

Subtribe Paypayrolinae

★ ''Amphirrhox'' Spreng.

★ ''Hekkingia'' Munzinger & H.E.Ballard

★ ''Paypayrola'' Aubl.

Subtribe Rinoreinae

★ ''Allexis'' Pierre

★ ''Decorsella'' A.Chev. (including ''Gymnorinorea'' Keay)

★ ''Gloeospermum'' Triana & Planch.

★ ''Rinorea'' Aubl. (including ''Alsodeia'' Thouars, ''Phyllanoa'' Croizat, ''Scyphellandra'' Thwaites)

★ ''Rinoreocarpus'' Ducke

Tribe Violeae

★ ''Agatea'' A.Gray (included ''Agation'' Brongn.)

★ ''Anchietea'' A.St.-Hil.

★ ''Corynostylis'' Mart.

★ ''Hybanthopsis'' Paula-Souza

★ ''Hybanthus'' Jacq. (included ''Acentra'' Phil., ''Clelandia'' J.M.Black, ''Cubelium'' Raf. ex Britton & A.Br., ''Ionidium'' Vent., ''Pigea'' DC.)

★ ''Mayanaea'' Lundell

★ ''Noisettia'' Kunth

★ ''Orthion'' Standl. & Steyerm.

★ ''Schweiggeria'' Spreng.

★ ''Viola'' L. (including ''Erpetion'' Sweet, ''Mnemion'' Spach

External links

★ Violaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com

★ GRIN Database for the Violaceae