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Issue: Vol. 266 No. 1: 17 June 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.5
Page range: 33–39
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 2

Impatiens glabrata (Balsaminaceae)—A new species from southern Western Ghats, India

Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India
Department of Botany, Calicut University, Malappuram-673 635, Kerala, India
Botanical Garden & Herbarium, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore-560 065, India
Department of Forest Botany, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur - 680 653, Kerala, India
Department of Forest Botany, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur - 680 653, Kerala, India
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram - 676 503, Kerala, India
Atavism Balsaminaceae Impatiens I. fruticosa I. henslowiana Muthikulam Western Ghats Eudicots

Abstract

Impatiens glabrata, a new species, is described from Muthikulam forest of Palakkad district, Kerala, India. A description and observations on pollen morphology, ecology, distribution and its allied characters between I. henslowiana and I. fruticosa are provided, along with colour photographs.