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Calyptrion
Calyptrion is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with four known species. Lianas with oblong-lanceolate to ovate leaves. The flowers are situated in axillary or terminal racemes, rarely solitary, with white corollas, and are strongly zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), the bottom petal being slightly longer than the others and more weakly differentiated, and with a very long spur. The stamens have free filaments, with the lowest two being calcarate (spurred) and possessing a large dorsal connective appendage that is entire and oblong-ovate.
Anchietea
Anchietea is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with six accepted species, found in tropical South America. Lianas or reclining shrubs with oblong-lanceolate to ovate leaves. The flowers, which may be unisexual or bisexual, are in axillary racemoids or fascicles, with a white to orange corollas that are strongly zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical) with the long bottom petal weakly differentiated with a well exserted (projecting) spur.
Hybanthopsis
Hybanthopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with a single accepted species (Hybanthopsis bahiensis), found in north-east Brazil. Twining herbaceous Lianas with ovate-lanceolate leaves. The solitary flowers, with a violet corolla, are strongly zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical) with the very large bottom petal differentiated into a claw and blade and are saccate (pouch like) at the base.
Violaceae
vignette|Diagramme floral du genre Viola : 12px . La famille des Violaceae (Violacées) est constituée de plantes dicotylédones ; elle comprend 800 espèces réparties en 16 à 23 genres. C'est le botaniste August Batsch qui crée cette famille sous le nom de Violariae dans son ouvrage Tabula affinitatum regni vegetabilis en 1802, d'après le nom classique latin du genre type Viola. Le nom vient du genre type Viola, nom latin de plusieurs fleurs, de diverses couleurs : la « Violette » (Viola alba, Viola lutea, Viola purpurea, pallens viola, leucoïn – du grec leuco, blanc, et ion, violette, la Matthiole, la Giroflée.