Viola lilliputana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Viola lilliputana H.E.Ballard & Iltis, Brittonia 64(4): 355 (2012).

Typus: Peru. Dept. Ayacucho: Along 'road' between Puquio (Dept. Ayacucho) and Chalhuanca (Dept. Apurimac), Laguna Yauriviri, 12,000–14,000 feet or more, top of Altiplano, 15 Dec 1962, H.H. Iltis & D. Ugent et al. 518. Holotype: MO; isotypes: K, USM, WIS).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Ballard, H.E. & Iltis, H.H. 2012. Viola lilliputana sp. nov. (Viola sect. Andinium, Violaceae), one of the world's smallest violets, from the Andes of Peru. Brittonia 64(4): 353–358. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-012-9238-0 ResearchGate Reference page.