Tecophilaea violiflora is a perennial, tuberous herb in the family Tecophilaeaceae native to Peru and Chile.
Description Vegetative characteristics Tecophilaea violiflora is a perennial,Long Leafed Violet (Tecophilaea violiflora). (n.d.). National Gardening Association. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://garden.org/plants/view/176294/Long-Leafed-Violet-Tecophilaea-violiflora/ tuberous herbTecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla. (n.d.-c). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://eol.org/pages/1002136 with 1–3Tecophilaea violiflora fma. violiflora. (2020, August 31). Fundación R.A. Philippi. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://fundacionphilippi.cl/catalogo/tecophilaea-violiflora-fma-violiflora/ lanceolate, 8–20cm long, and 8–13mm wide leaves.Tecophilaea violiflora. (n.d.). Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Tecophilaea/violiflora Generative characteristics The capsule fruit bears small black seeds.Tecophilaea violiflora fma. polyantha. (2019, June 15). Fundación R.A. Philippi. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://fundacionphilippi.cl/catalogo/tecophilaea-violiflora-fma-polyantha/
Taxonomy It was validly published by Luigi Aloysius Colla in 1836Colla, Luigi. (1833). Herbarium Pedemontanum; juxta methodum naturalem dispositum, additis nonnullis stirpibus exoticis ad universos ejusdem methodi ordines exhibendos (Vol. 5, p. 447). Ex Typis Regis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31362114Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:429905-1 based on previous work by Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero. The type specimen was collected by Carlo L.G. Bertero.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-y). Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla. Tropicos. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/1200522 It is the type species of its genus.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-x). Tecophilaea Bertero ex Colla. Tropicos. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40010590 Etymology The specific epithet violiflora is derived from the genus Viola and from the Latin flos or floris meaning flower, referring to flowers that resemble those of Viola.Antheunisse, M. (n.d.). Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla [Accepted]. Plantillustrations. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?mobile=1&uhd=3&size=0&info=1&id_species=1002064&SID=ejv2vsc7b0jbkv359efdmdci6j
Ecology Habitat In Chile, it occurs in relict coastal forests and temperate forests.Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. (n.d.). Tecophilaea violiflora Bertero ex Colla f. violiflora. The Endemic Plants of Chile. Retrieved February 13, 2025, from https://chileanendemics.rbge.org.uk/taxa/tecophilaea-violiflora-bertero-ex-colla-f-violiflora#biogeography
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