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Issue: Vol. 395 No. 1: 6 March 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.395.1.4
Page range: 35–40
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

Impatiens kamrupana (Balsaminaceae): a new species from Assam, India

Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati-​781014, Assam, India.
Assam Forest Department, Aranya Bhawan, Panjabari, Guwahati-781037, Assam, India
Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, P.O.-Botanic Garden, Howrah-711 103, West Bengal, India.
Balsam Northeast India Novelty Eudicots

Abstract

Impatiens kamrupana, a new species from Assam, northeast India is described. The new species is easily distinguished from its allied taxa by its bicoloured, white and purple flowers and sub-bucciniform lower sepal with straight to slightly curved spur.