Two new taxa of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) from Western Ghats of India

K. M. PRABHUKUMAR; M. OMALSREE; V. S. HAREESH; V. BHASKAR; T. K. NIRMESH; V. B. SREEKUMAR; INDIRA BALACHANDRAN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.238.3.4

Issue: Vol. 238 No. 3: 16 December 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-16

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.238.3.4

Page range: 255–264

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**Two new taxa of Impatiens L. (Balsaminaceae) from Western Ghats of India**

K. M. PRABHUKUMAR⁺⁻
M. OMALSREE⁺⁻
V. S. HAREESH⁺⁻
V. BHASKAR⁺⁻
T. K. NIRMESH⁺⁻
V. B. SREEKUMAR⁺⁻
INDIRA BALACHANDRAN⁺⁻

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India

Department of Botany, Sree Vyasa College Wadakkanchery, Kerala. India

Department of Botany, Calicut University, Malappuram-673 635, Kerala, India

Botanical Garden & Herbarium, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore-560 065, India

Department of Forest Botany, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur - 680 653, Kerala, India

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India

Anamalai Impatiens India Kerala Nelliyampathy New species New variety Western Ghats Eudicots

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Abstract

Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), viz., I. sasidharanii sp. nov. and I. sasidharanii var. hirsuta var. nov. are described and illustrated from the southern Western Ghats of India. Detailed notes on description, ecology, distribution, morphological variations and IUCN status are provided along with illustrations.