Viola declinata Waldst. et Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Rar. Hung. 3: 248 (1807)

Novikov, Andriy, 2023, An annotated nomenclatural checklist of endemic vascular plants distributed in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 103921-103921 : 103921

Viola declinata Waldst. et Kit., Descr. Icon. Pl. Rar. Hung. 3: 248 (1807)

Viola declinata = Viola declinata var. knechtelii Grec., Consp. Fl. Rom.: 88 (1898)

Viola declinata = Viola declinata var. major (Roch.) Grec., Consp. Fl. Rom.: 88 (1898)

Viola declinata = Viola declinata [unranked] b Viola montana Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 86 (1866); BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7364#page/106

Viola declinata = Viola gracilis Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 709 (1832), non alior; GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/7951755; IPNI: https://www.ipni.org/n/868244-1; BHL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6164133#page/276

Viola declinata = Viola mutabilis [unranked] b Pyrola intermedia Roch., Enum. Pl. Banat.: 6 (1828) [nom. nudum]

Viola declinata = Viola mutabilis [unranked] e Soldanella major Roch., Enum. Pl. Banat.: 6 (1828) [nom. nudum]

Conservation status

In Ukraine - LC ( Onyshchenko et al. 2022).

Distribution

SE Capathian endemic.

Notes

Viola declinata is often considered a Carpatho-Balkanic species ( Kricsfalusy and Budnikov 2002, Oprea 2005, Ciocârlan 2009). However, Velev and Apostolova (2009) reported that it does not occur in Serbia and Bulgaria, as suggested before. Considering the questionable presence of V. declinata in the Balkans (perhaps it is introduced), Chorney (2011) and Kliment et al. (2016) considered it a Carpathian endemic.

POWO (https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/868009-1, accessed on 06.06.2023) erroneously indicates V. latisepala Wettst. amongst synonyms of V. declinata . Viola latisepala (= V. elegantula subsp. Viola elegantula latisepala (Wettst.) W.Becker) is a problematic taxon, which is often considered a synonym for V. elegantula , a Balkan endemic ( Valentine et al. 1968, Tomović et al. 2016). Currently V. latisepala is considered as a synonym for V. tricolor L. ( Marcussen et al. 2022). Moreover, there are some other species (e.g. V. aetolica Boiss. & Heldr. and V. dacica Borbás) that are occasionally misidentified as V. L.tisepala. ( Tomović et al. 2014).