Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Polygala violacea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 735(–737). 1775. – Hist. Pl. Guiane 4: t. 294. 1775. – non Polygala violacea Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 79. 1791, nom. illeg. hom.

• Homotypic
  • Polygala cinerea Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3(2): 880. 1802, nom. illeg. superfl.

• Heterotypic
  • Polygala angustifolia Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5(23): 405(–406), t. 511. 1821 [1823]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 5(23): 317(–318), t. 511. 1821 [1823].
  • Polygala brizoides A.St.-Hil. & Moq., Ann. Soc. Sci. Orléans 9: 54. 1828. – Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 321(–322). 1828. (as Polygala Brizoides)
  • Polygala brizoides A.St.-Hil., Fl. Bras. Merid. (quarto ed.) 2(12): 44, t. 88. 1829, isonym
  • Polygala camporum Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 4(26): 100(–101). 1841.
  • Polygala brizoides var. latifolia A.St.-Hil. ex A.W.Benn., Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 14. 1874.
  • Polygala americana var. angustifolia (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 48. 1891.
  • Polygala bahiensis Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 49(–50). 1893.
  • Polygala orobus Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 51(–52), t. 15, fig. 21. 1893.
  • Polygala angustifolia var. linearifolia Chodat, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2,2): 53. 1893.
  • Polygala huberiana Chodat, Bull. Herb. Boissier 3(3): 122. 1895. (as Polygala Huberiana)
  • Polygala monticola var. brizoides (A.St.-Hil. & Moq.) Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28(2): 300. 1952. (as bryzoides)

Primary references

• Bennett, A.G. 1874. Polygaleae. Cols. 1–82, tt. 1–30 in Martius, C.F.P. de (†) & Eichler, A.G. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis. Enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas, Vol. XIII, pars III. Fasc. LXIII. Frid. Fleischer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. 

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 2. Pp. 622–976, tabl. 1–52, misc. 1–160. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 4. Tt. 194–392. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. 

• Kunth, C.S. 1823. Polygaleae. Juss. Pp. 392–425, tt. 501–512 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 5 (quarto ed.). N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

• Kunth, C.S. 1823. Polygaleae. Juss. Pp. 307–331, tt. 501–512 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 5 (folio ed.). N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 

• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page. 

• Pastore, J.F.B. & Abbott, J.R. 2012. Taxonomic notes and new combinations for Asemeia (Polygalaceae). Kew Bulletin 67: 801–813. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-012-9397-x JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

• Steyermark, J.A. 1952. Polygalaceae. In Botanical exploration in Venezuela—II. From Droseraceae through Umbelliferae. In Contributions to the flora of Venezuela. Fieldiana: Botany 28: 298–304. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Asemeia violacea. Published online. Accessed 18 March 2019.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Polygala violacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-03-18.

• Hassler, M. 2019. Asemeia violacea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 March 18.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Asemeia violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 18 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Polygala violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 18 March 2019.

• Polygala violacea in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 18 March 2019. (incl. Polygala martiana, P. mollis, P. monticola)

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Polygala violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 18 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Polygala violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 18 March 2019.

• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Asemeia violacea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 18 March 2019.

• Asemeia violacea in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed 18 March 2019.

• Asemeia violacea in Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Accessed: 18 March 2019.