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Issue: Vol. 666 No. 3: 3 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.666.3.3
Page range: 201-208
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Impatiens fujianensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from China: evidence from morphological and molecular analyses

Fujian Health College, Fuzhou, Fujian 350101, China.
Sanming Garden Center, Sanming, Fujian 365000, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Balsaminaceae new species morphological molecular phylogenetics Eudicots

Abstract

We here describe and illustrate a new species, Impatiens fujianensis (Balsaminaceae), from Fujian Province in southern China. Morphological comparisons indicated that I. fujianensis is similar to I. noli-tangere and I. yilingiana but showed distinct differences in leaves, inflorescences, pedicels and flowers. The molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and two plastid regions (atpB-rbcL and trnL-F) indicated that I. fujianensis is a distinct species, which forms an independent lineage. Both morphological and molecular evidence supported the status of I. fujianensis as a new species.

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