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Violaceae

Western greenviolet

Pombalia glabra (Dowell) Paula-Souza

Family
Violaceae
Genus
Pombalia

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Western greenviolet: Native from the southern U.S. to Peru. Photo from near Tepoztlan, Mexico. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/malpigox/index.html
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Western greenviolet

Synonyms

  • Calceolaria botterii (Turcz.) Kuntze
  • Calceolaria elata (Turcz.) Kuntze
  • Calceolaria glabra Dowell
  • Calceolaria mocinoana Kuntze
  • Calceolaria riparia (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Calceolaria riparia var. houstonii (DC.) Dowell
  • Hybanthus attenuatus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Schulze-Menz
  • Hybanthus elatus (Turcz.) C.V.Morton
  • Hybanthus glaber (Dowell) Standl.
  • Ionidium attenuatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.
  • Ionidium botterii Turcz.
  • Ionidium elatum Turcz.
  • Ionidium parietariifolium DC.
  • Ionidium riparium Kunth
  • Ionidium riparium A.Gray
  • Ionidium riparium var. aestivum A.Gray
  • Mercurialis glabra M.E.Jones
  • Pombalia attenuata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Paula-Souza

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.