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Viola (violets)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Viola arvensis Murray (Field Pansy)   3       2
Species Viola canina L. (Heath Dog-violet) 1 8       11
Species Viola cornuta L. (Horned Pansy)           7
Species Viola hirta L. (Hairy Violet)   13 11     13
Species Viola lactea Smith (Pale Dog-violet)   14        
Species Viola lutea Hudson (Mountain Pansy)   3     1 6
Species Viola odorata L. (Sweet Violet) 4 10 17 1   12
Species Viola palustris L. (Marsh Violet) 1 7       2
Species Viola persicifolia Schreber (Fen Violet)   7        
Species Viola reichenbachiana Jordan ex Boreau (Early Dog-violet)   12     2 10
Hybrid Viola reichenbachiana x riviniana (V. x bavarica) (a violet) 1          
Synonym Viola x bavarica (V. reichenbachiana x riviniana)         1  
Species Viola riviniana Reichb. (Common Dog-violet, Blunt-spurred Violet)   20 8   1 12
Species Viola sp. cult. (Cultivated Violets)           13
Species Viola tricolor L. (Wild Pansy) 2 15       16
Hybrid Viola x wittrockiana (V. altaica x lutea x tricolor) (Garden Pansy)           2

Suggested Literature

Viola may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Viola:

is foodplant of larva Orobitis cyaneus - Violet Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is galled by larva Dasineura violae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Eriophyes violae - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by larva Dasineura affinis - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Myzus ornatus - Violet Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is galled by Peronospora violae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf leaf is mined by larva Metopomyza violiphaga - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [a short corridor leading to an upper surface blotch]
Spencer, K.A., 1972 [shallow white blotch mine with short linear initial section]
leaf leaf may have puparium Metopomyza violiphaga - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
ovary ovary is galled by larva Calliopum aeneum agg. (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) Questionable Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem stem is galled by Peronospora violae - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Viola may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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