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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-23
Page range: 199–204
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Impatiens courtallensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species of Impatiens from Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute- Deemed University Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute- Deemed University Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India
Research Department of Botany, V.H.N.S.N. College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Plant Systematics and Evolutionary Science Division, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Balsaminaceae I. herbicola I. munnarensis Taxonomy

Abstract

Impatiens courtallensis, a new species from Tamil Nadu, India is newly described and illustrated. This species is characterized by having typical opposite deccusate leaves, minute flower (≤4mm across), milky white, boat shaped lower sepal with outwardly curved tip, minute spur, seeds with prominent caruncle and typical squarish pollengrains. This combination of characters makes determining the relationships of I. courtallensis difficult.