English: Violets and Pansies.
French: Violacees.
DD:
Beryllium,
Boron, Nitrogen,
Natrium,
Magnesium,
Aluminium, Chlorine,
Phosphorus,
Sulphur, Bromine,
Iron series.
Botany: 21 genera; ± 800; parietal placentation.
Content: cyclopentoid cyanogenic glucosides.
Goupiaceae: 1 genus, Goupia; neotropical.
TaxonomyOlder classifications such as the Cronquist system placed
Violaceae in an order named after it, the
Violales. However, newer classifications such as that of the Angiosperm
Phylogeny Group locate it in the
Malpighiales.