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Issue: Vol. 500 No. 1: 7 May 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.8
Page range: 52–54
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Impatiens ramasubbuana, a new name for Impatiens palniensis Ramasubbu (Balsaminaceae)

Department of Botany, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, TNAU campus, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Botany, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Botany (DDE), Alagappa University. Karaikudi-630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Balsam Homonym Nomenclature Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

The genus Impatiens Linnaeus (1753: 937) contains a wealth of untapped treasures for gardeners and it is one of the mega diverse genera of angiosperms comprise about 1059 species (POWO 2020). According to the recent estimate, India is known to have 250 species and majority of them occur in Eastern Himalayas (Gogoi et al. 2018) and the Western Ghats (Bhaskar 2012). Tamil Nadu is one of the plant-rich states in the country and with 5674 angiosperm taxa, it ranks first among all the states in the country (Lakshminarasimhan et al. 2014).