Viola biflora L.

 
  • Family : VIOLACEAE
    (Violet Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RATHNAPURUSHA FAMILY (रत्नपुरुष फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Violaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dischidium biflorum (L.) Opiz; Viola avatschensis W.Becker & Hultén; Viola biflora var. akaishiensis Hid.Takah. & H.Ohba; Viola biflora subsp. avatschensis (W.Becker & Hultén) Tzvelev; Viola biflora var. burejensis Bezd.; Viola chingiana W.Becker; Viola crassa Makino; Viola crassa subsp. alpicola Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. alpicola (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola crassa subsp. borealis Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. borealis (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola crassa var. tayemonii (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Viola crassa subsp. yatsugatakeana Hid.Takah.; Viola crassa var. yatsugatakeana (Hid.Takah.) T.Shimizu; Viola kanoi Sasaki; Viola manaslensis F.Maek.; Viola schulzeana W.Becker; Viola tayemonii Hayata
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viola biflora L.
  • Common name : Arctic Yellow Violet
  • Vernacular name :
    • Dundi Birali, Banfsa (Hindi)
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Alpine grasslands,damp forest margins, shaded Fir forest margins, 2285 - 3350 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : Temperate & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to North Sumatera
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere to North Sumatera
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 78
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 224-225
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viola biflora. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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