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Issue: Vol. 638 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.1.8
Page range: 87-93
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

Impatiens longecauda (Balsaminaceae): a new species of long spurred balsam from Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India

Department of Botany, Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, INDIA
Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 249405
Uttarakhand Impatiens New Species Eudicots

Abstract

A new species Impatiens longecauda from Gangolihat, Uttarakhand is illustrated and described. The new species is closely allied to I. devendrae and it differs in number of characters in petals, sepal and stamens.

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