Violaceae Batsch
Afrohybanthus Flicker , legitimate, scientific
Flicker, B.J. & Ballard, H.E. (2015), Afrohybanthus (Violaceae), a new genus for a distinctive and widely distributed Old World hybanthoid lineage. Phytotaxa 230(1): 43-44 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Viola enneasperma L.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
  • Etymology: "The name is based on a combination of the regional center of taxonomic diversity for the H. enneaspermus group (Africa) and the broadly defined genus to which this and other hybanthoid lineages have previously been allied."
Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Reinstatement of Pigea Ging., an earlier generic name for the spade flowers previously included in Afrohybanthus Flicker (Violaceae). Austrobaileya 11: 28 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Pigea Ging. legitimate