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Issue: Vol. 644 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.1.6
Page range: 42-48
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Rediscovery of rare steno-endemic Impatiens violoides Edgew. ex Hook.f. (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, after 179 years of type collection

FRLH Herbarium, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Post Attur via Yelahanka, Bengaluru-560064, Karnataka, INDIA
Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Sportowa 19, 17-230 Białowieża, POLAND
Systematic Botany Discipline, Botany Division, Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun248006, INDIA
FRLH Herbarium, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Post Attur via Yelahanka, Bengaluru-560064, Karnataka, INDIA
Eudicots Balsaminaceae endemic flora of India rediscovery taxonomy

Abstract

Impatiens violoides Edgew. ex Hook.f. (Balsaminaceae) is a little known steno-endemic spurless balsam species that was known only from a single type collection by Edgeworth in 1844. It is rediscovered after a gap of 179 years from its type locality in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya. Augmented and detailed morphological description based on observations of living material is given along with global distribution; information on habitat and associated species, floral morphology photographs and IUCN red list assessment are also provided for the first time.

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