Viola inconspicua

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Family:VIOLACEAE
Species:Viola inconspicua Blume
Common Name:Chinese Violet
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:

A pernicious weed introduced from China.  First documented in Alabama from the lawn of Gena Todia in Baldwin County in 2021 and likely introduced through horticultural contamination--B.R. Keener
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyVIOLACEAE - Violet family
Genus Viola
Species Viola inconspicua Blume - Chinese Violet

Citation

Citation Viola inconspicua Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 58. 1825.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Viola betonicifolia subsp. novoguineensis Viola betonicifolia Smith, subsp. novoguineensis D.M. Moore, Fedde's Repert. 68: 84. 1963.  
Viola betonicifolia var. oblongosagittata Viola betonicifolia Smith, var. oblongosagittata (Nakai) F. Maekawa & Hashimoto, J. Jap. Bot. 43: 162. 1968.Viola oblongosagittata Nakai 1922. 
Viola chinensis Viola chinensis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 322. 1831. CHINA
Viola confusa Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 260. 1851. CHINA: Hong Kong:
Viola confusa subsp. nagasakiensis Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham, subsp. nagasakiensis (W. Becker) F. Maekawa & Hashimoto, J. Jap. Bot. 43: 162. 1968.Viola mandshurica W. Becker, subsp. nagasakiensis W. Becker 1923. 
Viola hunanensis Viola hunanensis Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 376. 1931. CHINA
Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis Viola inconspicua Blume, subsp. nagasakiensis (Nakai) J. C. Wang & T. C. Huang, Taiwania 35: 41. 1990.Viola mandshurica W. Becker, subsp. nagasakiensis W. Becker 1923. 
Viola mandshurica subsp. nagasakiensis Viola mandshurica W. Becker, subsp. nagasakiensis W. Becker, Baih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 40: 161. 1923. JAPAN
Viola minor Viola minor (Makino) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 151. 1912.Viola patrinii de Candolle ex Gingins de la Sarraz, var. minor Makino 1902. 
Viola oblongosagittata Viola oblongosagittata Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 37. 1922. JAPAN: Okinawa
Viola patrinii var. minor Viola patrinii de Candolle ex Gingins de la Sarraz, var. minor Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 126. 1902. JAPAN
Viola philippica subsp. malesica Viola philippica Cavanilles, subsp. malesica W. Becker, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(5, Beibl. 120): 178. 1917.Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham 1851. 
Viola pseudomonbeigii Viola pseudomonbeigii Chang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., ser. 2. 1: 251. 1949.  
Viola serpens var. confusa Viola serpens Wallich ex Gingins de la Sarraz, var. confusa (Champion ex Bentham) Hooker f. & Thomson, in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 184. 1875.Viola confusa Champion ex Bentham 1851. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00007077 Baldwin 10 Feb 2021 Todia, Gena
SP#5418		 ALNHS
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