New taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Madagascar VIII. Impatiens max-huberi, a new species from Marojejy and Anjanaharibe-Sud

Eberhard Fischer; Marie Elisette Rahelivololona

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.7

Issue: Vol. 244 No. 2: 18 January 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-01-18

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.244.2.7

Page range: 191–195

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**New taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Madagascar VIII. Impatiens max-huberi, a new species from Marojejy and Anjanaharibe-Sud**

Eberhard Fischer⁺⁻
Marie Elisette Rahelivololona⁺⁻

Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften – Biologie, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany

Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, BP 4096 Antananarivo, République de Madagascar.

Taxonomy endemism Madagascar Marojejy National Park Eudicots

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Abstract

The new species Impatiens max-huberi is described from Mt. Marojejy. It is resembles Impatiens sambiranensis from Northwestern Madagascar in the large pink-purple flowers with long spur, but differs in the alternate leaves and the curved spur.