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@@ -7782,6 +7782,8 @@ def violinplot(self, dataset, positions=None, vert=True, widths=0.5,
         """
 
         def _kde_method(X, coords):
+            if hasattr(X, 'values'):  # support pandas.Series
+                X = X.values
             # fallback gracefully if the vector contains only one value
             if np.all(X[0] == X):
                 return (X[0] == coords).astype(float)
 
@@ -3068,6 +3068,16 @@ def test_violinplot_single_list_quantiles(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax.violinplot(data, quantiles=[[0.1, 0.3, 0.9]])
 
 
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=["png"])
+def test_violinplot_pandas_series(fig_test, fig_ref, pd):
+    np.random.seed(110433579)
+    s1 = pd.Series(np.random.normal(size=7), index=[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3])
+    s2 = pd.Series(np.random.normal(size=9), index=list('ABCDEFGHI'))
+    s3 = pd.Series(np.random.normal(size=11))
+    fig_test.subplots().violinplot([s1, s2, s3])
+    fig_ref.subplots().violinplot([s1.values, s2.values, s3.values])
+
+
 def test_manage_xticks():
     _, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.set_xlim(0, 4)