Abstract
Augmented description of Impatiens glauca based on observations of living material is given, as well as description of a new spurless variety. Global distribution, ecology, photographs and conservation status are also provided in detail. Abortive inflorescences are illustrated for first time.
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Akiyama, S., Aung, M.M. & Tanaka, N. (2018) A new variety of Impatiens radiata Hook. f. from Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany), Tokyo 44 (4): 159–163.
Akiyama, S. & Ohba, H. (1993) Notes of Impatiens from west Nepal. Journal of Japanese Botany 68 (3): 156–158.
Akiyama, S. & Ohba, H. (2000) Inflorescences of the Himalayan species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae). Journal of Japanese Botany 75 (4): 226–240.
Blankinship, J.W. (1905) Supplement to the flora of Montana. Science Studies, Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Botany. Bozeman, MT 1: 33–109.
Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M. (1984) Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India. Calcutta, India, pp. 134–139.
Das, D.S., Rawat, D.S., Sinha, B.K., Singh, P., Maity, D. & Dash, S.S. (2018) Contribution to the Flora of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya-II. Nelumbo 60 (1): 26–37. https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v60/2018/130525
Candolle, A.P. de (1824) Balsaminae. Prodromus systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 26: t. 9.
Duthie, J.F. (1886) Kumaun. The Gardeners Chronicle 25: 456–458.
Fischer, E., Rahelivololona, M.É. & Abrahamczyk, S. (2017) Impatiens galactica (Balsaminaceae), a new spurless species of section Trimorphopetalum from Madagascar. Phytotaxa 298 (3): 269–276. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.298.3.6
Friis, I.B. (1981) A synopsis of Girardina (Urticaceae). Kew Bulletin 36 (1): 143–157.
Grey-Wilson, C. (1989) Impatiens cymbifera and its allies. Studies in Balsaminaceae: 11. Kew Bulletin 44 (4): 711–716.
Gross, H. (1913) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Polygonaceen. Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 49 (2): 234–339.
Hooker, J.D. & Thomson, T. (1859) Praecursores ad Floram Indicam.-Balsamineae. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 106–157. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1859.tb01160.x
Hooker, J.D. (1875) Impatiens L. In: Hooker, J.D. (Ed.) Flora of British India, vol. 1. L. Reeve & Co., London, UK, 440–464. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.54393
Moore, G., Zika, P.F. & Rushworth, C.A. (2012) Impatiens ecornuta, a New Name for Impatiens ecalcarata (Balsaminaceae), a Jewelweed from the United States and Canada. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 22 (1): 60–61. https://doi.org/10.3417/2011088
Press, J.R., Shrestha, K.K., Sutton, D.A. (2000) Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal. The Natural History Museum, London. Updated version available from: www.eFloras.org
Pusalkar, P.K. & Srivastava, S.K. (2018) Flora of Uttarakhand: Vol. 1: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (Ranunculaceae-Moringaceae), Botanical Survey of India, Kolkotta, pp. 869–870.
Ruchisansakun, S., Suksathan, P., van der Niet, T., Smets, E.F., Saw-Lwin & Janssens, S.B. (2018) Balsaminaceae of Myanmar. Blumea 63: 199–267. https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.03.01
Ruchisansakun, S., Suksathan, P., van der Niet, T., Smets, E.F., Lain, S. & Janssens, S.B. (2018) Three new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Myanmar. Phytotaxa 338 (1): 63–74. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.338.1.5
Song, Y.-X., Cong, Y.-Y., Kuang, R.-P., Peng, Y.-C. & Zheng, Y.-M. (2021) Impatiens sterilis, a rare new species of Impatiens with reduced sterile inflorescences from Yunnan, China. Taiwania 66 (1): 48?52. https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2021.66.48
Subramani, S.P., Kapoor, K.S. & Goraya, G.S. (2014) Additions to the floral wealth of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh from Churdhar Wildlife Sanctuary. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (11): 6427–6452. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2845.6427-52
Vivekananthan, K., Rathakrishnan, N.C., Swaminathan, M.S. & Ghara, L.K. (1997) Balsaminaceae. In: Hajra, P.K., Nair, V.J. & Daniel, P. Flora of India (Maphighiaceae-Dichapetalaceae). Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 4, pp. 95 – 229.
Weddell, A. (1869) Urticaceae. In: Prodromus systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16 (1): 32–235.
Weddell, A. (1854) Revue de la famille des Urticacées. Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique 4 (1): 173–212.
Yang, B., Zhou, S.-S., Maung, K.W. & Tan, Y.-H. (2017) Two new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Putao, Kachin State, northern Myanmar. Phytotaxa 321 (1): 103–113. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.321.1.4
Flowers of India (2022) Available from: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Glaucous%20Balsam.html (accessed 16 March 2022)
Efloraofindia (2022) Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/balsaminaceae/impatiens/impatiens-glauca (accessed 16 March 2022)