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Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-11
Page range: 286–290
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Impatiens dalaiensis (Balsaminaceae) a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Botanical Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki View, Itanagar-791111, India.
Botanical Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre, Senki View, Itanagar-791111, India.
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Abstract

Impatiens dalaiensis Gogoi & Borah is described and illustrated from Arunachal Pradesh, India. In contrast to the morphologically similar I. graciliflora (fruits also clavate) and I. radiata (fruits linear-cylindrical), the new species exhibits flower buds with a distinct awn or appendage, lower sepal mouths with an awn or appendage, and the distal lobe of the lateral united petals long-lorate or ribbon-shaped, twisted.