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Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-03
Page range: 71–76
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Impatiens stolonifera (Balsaminaceae): A new scapigerous species from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India


Department of Botany, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Kozhikode District, Kerala, India – 673 008.
Department of Botany, Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thuruthicad, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India – 689 597
Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Malappuram District, Kerala, India – 673 635
Balsaminaceae Impatiens Kerala Western Ghats Eudicots India

Abstract

Impatiens stolonifera, a new scapigerous species of Balsaminaceae from the southern Western Ghats, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically allied to Impatiens scapiflora, but differs by having a stoloniferous tuber and white flowers with conspicuously long and broad spur.