Viola suavis subsp. naqshii A. H. Ganie, T. Islam & A. A. Khuroo, subsp. nov. (Fig. 2)

Diagnosis

The new taxon, V. suavis subsp. naqshii morphologically resembles with V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica in few characters such as hairy leaf margins, hairy petioles and cordate leaf base. However, it differs from V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica in several characters which include: petiole hairs in V. suavis subsp. naqshii up to 0.1 mm long (vs. up to 5 mm long in V. suavis subsp. austrodalmatica), stipules up to 15 mm long (vs. up to 5 mm long), leaf hairs on margins up to 2 mm long (vs. up to 2.2 mm long), petals white in colour (vs. blue or blue-violet in colour), spur curved (vs. straight), capsule densely haired (vs. sparsely haired).

Type:— INDIA. Hazratbal, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India), 34.13˚ N , 74.84˚ E, 1600 m a.s.l, 18 March 2023, Aijaz H . Ganie, Tajamul Islam & Anzar A . Khuroo 40097 (holotype: KASH! isotype KASH!) .