Viola prionanthaBunge

WFO wfo-0000423734 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viola prionantha, photographed by Repina Tatyana
fig. a Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-26 / obs. 123963504
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. b Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66228109
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. c Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66226048
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. d Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66119310
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yuan Zhuang
fig. e Yuan Zhuang, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65492140
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. f Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65156801
Viola prionantha, photographed by Andy Kleinhesselink
fig. g Andy Kleinhesselink, CC0 1.0 / obs. 23764653
Viola prionantha, photographed by Yi CHEN
fig. h Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61637726

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Viola prionantha is native: Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Manchuria, Primorye, Qinghai AmurChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaKhabarovskManchuriaPrimoryeQinghai
Native distribution of Viola prionantha, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Khabarovsk KHA
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Viola prionantha var. prionantha
  • Viola prionantha var. sylvatica Kitag.
  • Viola prionantha var. trichantha Ching J.Wang
  • Viola taischanensis Ching J.Wang
  • Viola taishanensis Ching J.Wang

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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