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Agatea
Allexis
Amphirrhox
Anchietea
Corynostylis
Decorsella
Fusispermum
Gloeospermum
Hybanthus
Hymenanthera
Isodendron
Leonia
Mayanaea
Melicytus
Noisettia
Orthion
Paypayrola
Rinorea
Rinoreocarpus
Schweiggeria
Viola
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Violaceae is a family of flowering plants. consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its
name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.
Older 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.
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