Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 933 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 402 [secondary reference]

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (September 1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(9-10): 66 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 63-64 [secondary reference]

common name: Violet [n/a]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 98-100 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 6 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Erpetion DC. ex Sweet legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 10 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Erpetion DC. ex Sweet legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 38 [secondary reference]

common name: Violets [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 40 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 546 [secondary reference]

• Type: Viola odorata L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 12 [secondary reference]

common name: Violets [n/a]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 393 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name for the violet."

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 589 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin name for violet."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 144 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 258 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, M. & Moore, D.M. (1971), Violaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(1): 198-212 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 53 [secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 190 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 403, 404 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 210 [secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Violaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 91-100 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Erpetion DC. ex Sweet legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Violaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 100 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Violaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 437 [secondary reference]

common name: Violets [n/a]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 164 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Erpetion DC. ex Sweet legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 123-124 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Violaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 362 [secondary reference]

James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Violaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 437 [secondary reference]

common name: Violets [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 934 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 551 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Viola L. sect. Viola legitimate taxonomic synonym: Viola sect. Melanium DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Erpetion DC. ex Sweet legitimate taxonomic synonym: Viola sect. Erpetion (DC. ex Sweet) Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 898 [secondary reference]

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