A new species of Viola (Violaceae) from Jiangxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. Viola jinggangshanensis Z.L. Ning & J.P. Liao is the sixth species in Viola sect. Diffusae, and is distinct from the sympatric V. diffusa by having conspicuously stipitate spherical glands on the lateral petals, sepals with dark-red spots, leaf blade adaxially dark green, abaxially purplish, both surfaces densely papillose-hispid, base of leaves shallowly cordate or truncate, narrowly decurrent on petioles, and capsules ovoid-orbicular, 3–4 mm long and 1.5–2 mm in diameter.
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1 November 2012
Viola Jinggangshanensis (Violaceae), a New Species from Jiangxi, China
Zu-Lin Ning,
Zhen-Xin Zeng,
Ling Chen,
Bing-Qiang Xu & ,
Jing-Ping Liao
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