Impatiens kingdon-wardii (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Mt. Victoria (Natma Taung), Myanmar

NOBUYUKI TANAKA; TAKASHI SUGAWARA; MU MU AUNG; JIN MURATA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.234.1.7

Issue: Vol. 234 No. 1: 11 November 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-11

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.234.1.7

Page range: 90–94

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Impatiens kingdon-wardii (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Mt. Victoria (Natma Taung), Myanmar

NOBUYUKI TANAKA⁺⁻
TAKASHI SUGAWARA⁺⁻
MU MU AUNG⁺⁻
JIN MURATA⁺⁻

Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan

Makino Herbarium, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiosawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan

Forest Research Institute (FRI), Forest Department, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Yezin, Myanmar

Botanical Gardens, Graduate School of Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Hakusan 3-7-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0001, Japan

Balsaminaceae Impatiens Mt. Victoria Myanmar new species Eudicots

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Abstract

A new species, Impatiens kingdon-wardii Nob. Tanaka & T. Sugaw. (Balsaminaceae), is described and illustrated from Mt. Victoria (Natma Taung), northwestern Myanmar. This species is distinguished from any other species by the pink orbicular, densely pubescent lateral sepals, appearance of which is like two ears of the mouse, and upper lobes of lateral united petals with hairy club-shaped protuberance.