Violet identifies various
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
taxa
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ...
, particularly species in the genus
''Viola'', within which the
common violet is the best known member in Eurasia and the
common blue violet and common purple violet are the best known members in North America, but also:
* Various species of ''
Barleria
''Barleria'' is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Some species include:
* ''Barleria acanthoides'' Vahl
* '' Barleria aculeata'' Balf.f.
* '' Barleria albostellata'' C.B.Clarke, the grey barleria
* ''Barleria compacta'' Malombe & I.Da ...
'', including:
** ''
Barleria cristata
''Barleria cristata'', the Philippine violet, bluebell barleria or crested Philippine violet, is a plant species in the family Acanthaceae.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to a wide area ranging from Southern China to India and Myanmar.
...
'', Philippine violet
** ''
Barleria obtusa
''Barleria obtusa'', the bush violet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It occurs naturally along forest margins in the summer rainfall region of South Africa. It is widely cultivated as a decorative garden shrub.
Use ...
'', bush violet
** ''
Barleria repens
''Barleria repens'', the small bush violet, is a plant in the family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shr ...
'', small bush violet
* ''
Browallia
''Browallia'' is a small genus of seven species of flowering plants (mostly annuals though occasionally shrubs or ephemerophytes) belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Ver ...
'', bush violets
* ''
Erythronium
''Erythronium'', the fawn lily, trout lily, dog's-tooth violet or adder's tongue, is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the lily family, most closely related to tulips. The name Erythronium derives from Ancient Greek () "red" in ...
'', dog's tooth violets
* ''
'', Persian violet
* ''
Hesperis matronalis
''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'', damask violet, dame's violet
* ''
Hottonia palustris'', water violet
*
''Streptocarpus'' sect. ''Saintpaulia'', African violets
* ''
Telosma cordata'', Chinese violet
See also
* ''
Securidaca longipedunculata'', violet tree
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