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Issue: Vol. 756 No. 1: 12 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.756.1.6
Page range: 71-80
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Impatiens hekouensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
Hekou Branch of Management and Protection Bureau of Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Hekou 661399, Yunnan, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Impatiens balansae morphology phylogeny taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Impatiens hekouensis, a new species from Hekou County, Yunnan Province, China, was described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. This new species is morphologically similar to I. balansae, but can be distinguished by the densely pubescent stem, and different shapes of lower sepal, dorsal petal and lateral united petals. Phylogenetic analyses were carried out using the nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence and the chloroplast atpB-rbcL spacer sequence, and the results further confirmed the close relationship between I. hekouensis and I. balansae.

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How to Cite

Song, Y.-Y., Cai, L., Zhang, G.-L., Cong, Y.-Y., Wang, B. & Hu, G.-W. (2026) Impatiens hekouensis (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 756 (1): 71–80. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.756.1.6